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Auto repair shops in Wayne County, MS
The auto repair shops in Wayne County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,668 of 2,378 scored counties
#38 of 65 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $823 a household
- Spending per listing
- $372K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.1
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,807
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 auto repair shops in Wayne County. None of them are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 22.1 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $823 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Wayne County spend about $6.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 17 auto repair shops, that is $372K per shop, 16% 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.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Wayne County in 2023. That is one for every 1,536 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $30K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Wayne County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wayne County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. Wayne County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,668 of 2,378 scored counties and #38 of 65 scored counties in Mississippi.
How Wayne 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 | Wayne County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.1 | 20.9 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $372K | $426K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,536 | 1,127 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.4% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $823 | $890 | $958 |
| Median household income | $37,619 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $90K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $30K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Wayne 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 Wayne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,8070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,681
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 811 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $37,619−0.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,777
- Median home value
- $91,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,625
- Daytime population
- 16,686Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Wayne County marked.
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 |
| 38Wayne County, MS | 40 | 17 | 22.1 | $372K | 0.0% | #1,668 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Wayne County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Wayne County, MS?
There are 17 auto repair shops on map listings in Wayne County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Wayne County, MS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6.3M a year, or $823 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $372K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,681 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wayne County, MS compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Wayne County has 22.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $372K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Wayne County would have about 14, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,536 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Wayne County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Wayne County at 19,807 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,681 households. The median household income in Wayne County is $37,619 a year, 53% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 0.2% 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. Wayne County scores 40 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,668 of 2,378 scored counties.
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