Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Mississippi
Convenience stores in the Starkville, MS area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the Starkville, MS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #234 of 529 scored small-town markets
#2 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 20
- 10 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $139.3M
- On groceries · $5,377 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.7
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,063
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Starkville area spend about $139.3M a year on groceries, or $5,377 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7M per store, 12% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
The Starkville area has 20 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 50%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 7.7 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Starkville area classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 4,319 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Starkville area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in the Starkville area is 55 (upper middle), #234 of 529 scored small-town markets and #2 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi.
How the Starkville area 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 | Starkville area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.7 | 12.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7M | $4.4M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,319 | 2,929 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,377 | $5,547 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $48,750 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 10 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 56
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2010 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 the Starkville area, 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 the Starkville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,063+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 25,913
- Median age
- 32.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 879 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $48,750+18.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,892
- Median home value
- $208,300
- Jobs located here
- 23,717
- Daytime population
- 62,501Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Starkville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Corinth, MS | 56 | 10 | 6.9 | $7.7M | −0.5% | #221 of 529 |
| 2Starkville, MS | 55 | 20 | 7.7 | $7M | +0.8% | #234 of 529 |
| 3Picayune, MS | 55 | 23 | 10.5 | $5.3M | +5.6% | #238 of 529 |
| 4Oxford, MS | 52 | 27 | 11.2 | $5.2M | +5.3% | #268 of 529 |
| 5Tupelo, MS | 36 | 67 | 12.9 | $4.4M | +0.8% | #407 of 529 |
| 6Vicksburg, MS | 36 | 32 | 19.1 | $3M | −6.3% | #409 of 529 |
| 7Brookhaven, MS | 33 | 28 | 21.3 | $2.6M | +0.5% | #426 of 529 |
| 8Natchez, MS-LA | 28 | 42 | 20.3 | $2.5M | −0.9% | #456 of 529 |
| 9McComb, MS | 27 | 33 | 16.3 | $3.2M | −2.6% | #459 of 529 |
| 10Cleveland, MS | 23 | 10 | 8.4 | $6M | −8.3% | #468 of 529 |
Other business types in the Starkville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores57
- Grocery stores54
- Convenience stores55
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 the Starkville, MS area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 convenience stores in the Starkville area. 10 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Starkville, MS area spend on groceries?
About $139.3M a year, or $5,377 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7M 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 25,913 households in the Starkville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Starkville, MS area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Starkville area has 7.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Starkville area would have about 18, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,319 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Starkville, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Starkville area at 62,063 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,913 households. The median household income in the Starkville area is $48,750 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.6% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Starkville area scores 55 for convenience stores (upper middle), #234 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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