Groceries and convenience · County · Mississippi
Convenience stores in Winston County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Winston County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,947 of 2,261 scored counties
#32 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.2M
- On groceries · $5,352 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.6
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,473
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Winston County scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,947 of 2,261 scored counties and #32 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Winston County spend about $38.2M a year on groceries, or $5,352 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 convenience stores, that is $4.2M per store, 46% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Winston County has 9 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.6, 58% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Winston County in 2023. That is one for every 2,380 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Winston County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Winston 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 | Winston County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.6 | 12.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $4.4M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,380 | 2,929 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,352 | $5,547 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $53,031 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 10 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $722K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Winston 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 Winston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,473−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,141
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 607 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $53,031+52.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,896
- Median home value
- $124,600
- Jobs located here
- 5,354
- Daytime population
- 16,098Residents 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 |
| 32Winston County, MS | 24 | 9 | 12.6 | $4.2M | −1.2% | #1,947 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Winston County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores20
- Grocery stores20
- Convenience stores24
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 Winston County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 convenience stores in Winston County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Winston County, MS spend on groceries?
About $38.2M a year, or $5,352 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 7,141 households in Winston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Winston County, MS compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Winston County has 12.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.2M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Winston County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,380 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Winston County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Winston County at 17,473 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,141 households. The median household income in Winston County is $53,031 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 52.7% 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. Winston County scores 24 for convenience stores (low), #1,947 of 2,261 scored counties.
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