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Electricians in the Tupelo, MS area
How the Tupelo, MS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #28 of 295 scored small-town markets
#1 of 5 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- −14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $134.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,605 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 133,167
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
For electricians, the Tupelo area has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #28 of 295 scored small-town markets and #1 of 5 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for electricians.
At $2,605 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Tupelo area spend about $134.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $15M of household spending for each company on map listings, 25% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 9 electricians on map listings in the Tupelo area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.7, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 26 businesses with payroll in the Tupelo area classed as electrical contractors, down 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,993 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Tupelo area grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Tupelo area compares
The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the electricians 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 | Tupelo area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $15M | $15.2M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,993 | 2,396 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.3% | +9.4% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,605 | $2,534 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $63,170 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26−14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 275
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 electrical contractors in the Tupelo 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 Tupelo area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 133,167+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 51,805
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,398 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 95
- Median household income
- $63,170
- Average household income
- $84,752
- Median home value
- $170,600
- Jobs located here
- 68,715
- Daytime population
- 143,876Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tupelo, MS | 70 | 9 | 1.7 | $15M | +0.8% | #28 of 295 |
| 2Meridian, MS | 57 | 6 | 1.7 | $13.7M | −3.2% | #107 of 295 |
| 3Columbus, MS | 50 | 6 | 2.2 | $10.8M | −2.7% | #155 of 295 |
| 4Natchez, MS-LA | 49 | 6 | 2.9 | $7.8M | −0.9% | #162 of 295 |
| 5Laurel, MS | 43 | 8 | 2.5 | $9.6M | −1.5% | #193 of 295 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Tupelo, MS area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 electricians in the Tupelo area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Tupelo, MS area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $134.9M a year, or $2,605 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 electricians on map listings, it comes to $15M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 51,805 households in the Tupelo area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tupelo, MS area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Tupelo area has 1.7 electricians per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $15M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, the Tupelo area would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,993 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Tupelo, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Tupelo area at 133,167 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,805 households. Median household income in the Tupelo area is $63,170, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Tupelo area scores 70 for electricians (upper middle), #28 of 295 scored small-town markets.
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