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Gas stations in the Starkville, MS area
How the Starkville, MS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #284 of 536 scored small-town markets
#2 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 44
- 30 chain locations (68%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- −11.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $75.6M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,916 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.0
- 56% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,063
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 gas stations in the Starkville area. Chain locations make up 68% of them, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.0, 56% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in the Starkville area comes to about $75.6M a year: $2,916 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each station on map listings, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Starkville area was 37 in 2023, down 11.9% from 2019. That is one for every 700 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Starkville area grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in the Starkville area is 49 (lower middle), #284 of 536 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 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.
| Measure | Starkville area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.0 | 19.1 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 700 | 604 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.9% | −5.1% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,916 | $2,920 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $48,750 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 18 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 37−11.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 302
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4430 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 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 gas stations, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Picayune, MS | 67 | 32 | 14.6 | $2.1M | +5.6% | #101 of 536 |
| 2Starkville, MS | 49 | 44 | 17.0 | $1.7M | +0.8% | #284 of 536 |
| 3Oxford, MS | 44 | 60 | 25.0 | $1.2M | +5.3% | #336 of 536 |
| 4Tupelo, MS | 41 | 110 | 21.2 | $1.4M | +0.8% | #370 of 536 |
| 5Cleveland, MS | 37 | 12 | 10.1 | $2.5M | −8.3% | #402 of 536 |
| 6Brookhaven, MS | 35 | 28 | 21.3 | $1.4M | +0.5% | #422 of 536 |
| 7Greenville, MS | 32 | 18 | 10.5 | $2.3M | −9.4% | #438 of 536 |
| 8Laurel, MS | 32 | 60 | 19.0 | $1.5M | −1.5% | #443 of 536 |
| 9Columbus, MS | 28 | 60 | 22.3 | $1.3M | −2.7% | #473 of 536 |
| 10Corinth, MS | 26 | 36 | 24.9 | $1.1M | −0.5% | #482 of 536 |
Other business types in the Starkville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
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Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in the Starkville, MS area?
There are 44 gas stations on map listings in the Starkville area as of September 2026. 30 of them (68%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 11.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Starkville, MS area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $75.6M a year, or $2,916 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per station. 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 gas stations?
The Starkville area has 17.0 gas stations per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.7M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Starkville area would have about 32, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 700 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for 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 49 for gas stations (lower middle), #284 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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