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Auto repair shops in Jones County, MS
How Jones County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,080 of 2,378 scored counties
#52 of 65 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 66
- 7 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $21.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $877 a household
- Spending per listing
- $332K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.4
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,496
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Jones County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #2,080 of 2,378 scored counties and #52 of 65 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 auto repair shops in Jones County. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.4, 23% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $877 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Jones County spend about $21.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 66 auto repair shops, that is $332K per shop, 25% below the U.S. figure of $445K. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 25 businesses with payroll in Jones County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 998 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $991K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Jones County. Population estimates show Jones County declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Jones County compares
The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Jones County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.4 | 20.9 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $332K | $426K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 998 | 1,127 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +2.4% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $877 | $890 | $958 |
| Median household income | $52,216 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 250.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 170
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 90Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 667 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $991K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Jones County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Jones County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,496−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 24,957
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $52,216+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,759
- Median home value
- $143,100
- Jobs located here
- 28,795
- Daytime population
- 69,175Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tate County, MS | 81 | 13 | 11.8 | $880K | +2.1% | #93 of 2,378 |
| 2Madison County, MS | 77 | 58 | 13.2 | $735K | +6.5% | #165 of 2,378 |
| 3Hancock County, MS | 69 | 33 | 16.3 | $571K | +1.6% | #376 of 2,378 |
| 4Walthall County, MS | 68 | 5 | 9.5 | $1M | +0.4% | #397 of 2,378 |
| 5Newton County, MS | 68 | 11 | 14.3 | $668K | −1.4% | #407 of 2,378 |
| 6Marshall County, MS | 67 | 25 | 19.0 | $529K | +2.6% | #470 of 2,378 |
| 7DeSoto County, MS | 67 | 143 | 20.1 | $514K | +6.3% | #472 of 2,378 |
| 8Oktibbeha County, MS | 66 | 17 | 7.8 | $1.1M | +0.4% | #480 of 2,378 |
| 9Perry County, MS | 66 | 5 | 10.8 | $871K | +1.1% | #481 of 2,378 |
| 10Monroe County, MS | 63 | 20 | 14.4 | $649K | −2.4% | #595 of 2,378 |
| 52Jones County, MS | 28 | 66 | 26.4 | $332K | −1.0% | #2,080 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Jones County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Jones County, MS?
There are 66 auto repair shops on map listings in Jones County as of September 2026. 7 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 90 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Jones County, MS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $21.9M a year, or $877 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $332K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,957 households in Jones County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jones County, MS compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Jones County has 26.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $332K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Jones County would have about 49, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 998 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Jones County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Jones County at 66,496 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,957 households. The median household income in Jones County is $52,216 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Jones County scores 28 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #2,080 of 2,378 scored counties.
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