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Barbershops in Neshoba County, MS

How Neshoba County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 11 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,301 of 1,356 scored counties
#26 of 36 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.8M
On personal care products and services · $759 a household
Spending per listing
$975K
48% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.8
47% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,732
−0.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For barbershops, Neshoba County has a Groundwork market score of 11 (low): #1,301 of 1,356 scored counties and #26 of 36 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 barbershops in Neshoba County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 47% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Households in Neshoba County spend about $7.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $759 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $975K per shop, 48% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Neshoba County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $86K has gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Neshoba County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Neshoba County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Neshoba County compares

The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Barbershops in Neshoba County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureNeshoba CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.85.95.3
Spending per listing$975K$1.3M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a40,90816,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$759$788$1,005
Median household income$57,013$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score1127

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
21Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$86K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Neshoba 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 Neshoba County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,732−0.9% since 2020
Households
10,283
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
570 sq. mi.
People per square mile
51
Median household income
$57,013+50.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,069
Median home value
$100,000
Jobs located here
12,443
Daytime population
28,894Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for barbershops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Neshoba County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1DeSoto County, MS59436.1$1.5M+6.3%#473 of 1,356
2Lafayette County, MS5494.7$1.9M+6.6%#600 of 1,356
3Rankin County, MS54325.3$1.7M+3.2%#604 of 1,356
4Hancock County, MS4784.0$2.1M+1.6%#771 of 1,356
5Madison County, MS44286.4$1.5M+6.5%#862 of 1,356
6Lamar County, MS42155.9$1.5M+4.7%#899 of 1,356
7Harrison County, MS37597.1$1.1M+4.0%#985 of 1,356
8Jackson County, MS36335.7$1.5M+3.0%#1,005 of 1,356
9Tate County, MS3365.4$1.5M+2.1%#1,049 of 1,356
10Adams County, MS3054.4$1.6M+2.2%#1,100 of 1,356
26Neshoba County, MS1187.8$975K−0.9%#1,301 of 1,356

Other business types in Neshoba County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many barbershops are in Neshoba County, MS?

There are 8 barbershops on map listings in Neshoba County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Neshoba County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Neshoba County, MS spend on personal care products and services?

About $7.8M a year, or $759 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $975K per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,283 households in Neshoba County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Neshoba County, MS compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Neshoba County has 7.8 barbershops per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $975K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Neshoba County would have about 4, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is Neshoba County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Neshoba County at 28,732 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,283 households. Median household income in Neshoba County is $57,013, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 50.1%, 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. Neshoba County scores 11 for barbershops (low), #1,301 of 1,356 scored counties.

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