Groceries and convenience · County · Mississippi
Convenience stores in Lee County, MS
How Lee County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,830 of 2,261 scored counties
#25 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 48
- 23 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $187.8M
- On groceries · $5,764 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.7
- 84% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,731
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Lee County is 29 (lower middle), #1,830 of 2,261 scored counties and #25 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in Lee County comes to about $187.8M a year: $5,764 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 50% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 48 convenience stores on map listings in Lee County as of September 2026. 23 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That is 14.7 per 10,000 households, 84% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Lee County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 1,715 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lee County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lee County compares
The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores 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 | Lee County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.7 | 12.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $4.4M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,715 | 2,929 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,764 | $5,547 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,863 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 10 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 51
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4823 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 convenience stores in Lee 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 Lee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,731+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 32,591
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 450 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 185
- Median household income
- $67,863+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,122
- Median home value
- $199,500
- Jobs located here
- 55,201
- Daytime population
- 101,660Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, MS | 70 | 35 | 8.0 | $7.9M | +6.5% | #437 of 2,261 |
| 2DeSoto County, MS | 67 | 72 | 10.1 | $6.1M | +6.3% | #537 of 2,261 |
| 3Rankin County, MS | 63 | 72 | 12.0 | $5.1M | +3.2% | #664 of 2,261 |
| 4Jackson County, MS | 58 | 63 | 10.9 | $5.3M | +3.0% | #842 of 2,261 |
| 5Lamar County, MS | 57 | 23 | 9.1 | $6.6M | +4.7% | #872 of 2,261 |
| 6Hancock County, MS | 57 | 19 | 9.4 | $6.2M | +1.6% | #874 of 2,261 |
| 7Lafayette County, MS | 55 | 19 | 10.0 | $5.9M | +6.6% | #945 of 2,261 |
| 8Oktibbeha County, MS | 54 | 12 | 5.5 | $9.8M | +0.4% | #966 of 2,261 |
| 9Alcorn County, MS | 52 | 10 | 6.9 | $7.7M | −0.5% | #1,047 of 2,261 |
| 10Tate County, MS | 49 | 11 | 10.0 | $5.7M | +2.1% | #1,159 of 2,261 |
| 25Lee County, MS | 29 | 48 | 14.7 | $3.9M | +0.5% | #1,830 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Lee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores31
- Convenience stores29
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Lee County, MS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 48 convenience stores in Lee County. 23 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Lee County, MS spend on groceries?
About $187.8M a year, or $5,764 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.9M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,591 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lee County, MS compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Lee County has 14.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 84% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.9M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Lee County would have about 24, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,715 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Lee County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Lee County at 83,731 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,591 households. The median household income in Lee County is $67,863 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.2% 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. Lee County scores 29 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,830 of 2,261 scored counties.
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