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Barbershops in Prentiss County, MS

How Prentiss 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 15 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,274 of 1,356 scored counties
#22 of 36 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.2M
On personal care products and services · $754 a household
Spending per listing
$904K
52% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.3
57% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,284
+1.3% 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

Prentiss County scores 15 (low) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #1,274 of 1,356 scored counties and #22 of 36 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Prentiss County spend about $7.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $754 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $904K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 52% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

There are 8 barbershops on map listings in Prentiss County as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.3, 57% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Prentiss County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Prentiss County grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Prentiss 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 Prentiss County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasurePrentiss CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.35.95.3
Spending per listing$904K$1.3M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a40,90816,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$754$788$1,005
Median household income$49,724$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score1527

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
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
81 chain location
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
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
25,284+1.3% since 2020
Households
9,595
Median age
38.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
415 sq. mi.
People per square mile
61
Median household income
$49,724+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,563
Median home value
$122,500
Jobs located here
7,623
Daytime population
22,329Residents 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 Prentiss 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
22Prentiss County, MS1588.3$904K+1.3%#1,274 of 1,356

Other business types in Prentiss County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Prentiss County, MS?

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 barbershops in Prentiss County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Prentiss County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $7.2M a year, or $754 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $904K per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,595 households in Prentiss County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Prentiss County has 8.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $904K, 52% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Prentiss County would have about 4, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is Prentiss County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Prentiss County at 25,284 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,595 households. The median household income in Prentiss County is $49,724 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.7% 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. Prentiss County scores 15 for barbershops (low), #1,274 of 1,356 scored counties.

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