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Gas stations in Harrison County, MS

How Harrison County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #913 of 2,358 scored counties
#8 of 66 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
109
66 chain locations (61%)
Official establishments
93
+1.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$231.8M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,781 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.1
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
217,136
+4.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 109 gas stations in Harrison County. Chain locations make up 61% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 13.1 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.

Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Harrison County comes to about $231.8M a year: $2,781 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per station, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 93 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Harrison County in 2023, up 1.1% from 2019. That is one for every 896 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Harrison County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, Harrison County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #913 of 2,358 scored counties and #8 of 66 scored counties in Mississippi.

How Harrison County compares

The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Gas stations in Harrison County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureHarrison CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.119.110.9
Spending per listing$2.1M$1.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment8966041,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+1.1%−5.1%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.0%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,781$2,920$2,595
Median household income$59,479$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score5618

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
92 → 93+1.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
831
Annual payroll, 2023
$20.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10966 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
97The 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 gasoline stations in Harrison 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 Harrison County

Population, 2025 estimate
217,136+4.0% since 2020
Households
83,358
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
574 sq. mi.
People per square mile
368
Median household income
$59,479+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,923
Median home value
$212,200
Jobs located here
89,531
Daytime population
220,283Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for gas stations, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Harrison County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Itawamba County, MS7588.3$3.8M+1.3%#249 of 2,358
2Lamar County, MS693011.8$2.5M+4.7%#434 of 2,358
3Walthall County, MS6459.5$3.4M+0.4%#586 of 2,358
4Hancock County, MS642311.4$2.7M+1.6%#597 of 2,358
5George County, MS621415.1$2.1M+8.1%#674 of 2,358
6Pearl River County, MS593214.6$2.1M+5.6%#799 of 2,358
7Clarke County, MS57711.8$2.6M−2.8%#865 of 2,358
8Harrison County, MS5610913.1$2.1M+4.0%#913 of 2,358
9Jackson County, MS568214.2$2.1M+3.0%#914 of 2,358
10Tate County, MS552724.5$1.4M+2.1%#970 of 2,358

Other business types in Harrison County

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

Questions

How many gas stations are in Harrison County, MS?

There are 109 gas stations on map listings in Harrison County as of September 2026. 66 of them (61%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 93 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 1.1% from 2019. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Harrison County, MS spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $231.8M a year, or $2,781 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 109 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,358 households in Harrison County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Harrison County, MS compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Harrison County has 13.1 gas stations per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.1M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Harrison County would have about 97, against 109 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 896 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Harrison County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Harrison County at 217,136 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,358 households. The median household income in Harrison County is $59,479 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Harrison County scores 56 for gas stations (upper middle), #913 of 2,358 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for gas stations · All 56 business types in Harrison County

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