Groceries and convenience · County · Mississippi
Grocery and convenience stores in Panola County, MS
How Panola County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,186 of 2,402 scored counties
#43 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 53
- 18 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $65.1M
- On groceries · $5,286 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.0
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,691
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Panola County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #2,186 of 2,402 scored counties and #43 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 53 grocery and convenience stores in Panola County. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 43.0, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Panola County comes to about $65.1M a year: $5,286 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 53 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.2M per store, 64% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Panola County in 2023. That is one for every 1,759 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Panola County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Panola 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 grocery and 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 | Panola County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.0 | 24.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $2.3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,759 | 1,439 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,286 | $5,547 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $45,945 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 16 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 269
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5318 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Panola 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 Panola County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,691−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,312
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 685 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $45,945+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,388
- Median home value
- $127,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,394
- Daytime population
- 28,953Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeSoto County, MS | 76 | 124 | 17.5 | $3.6M | +6.3% | #277 of 2,402 |
| 2Rankin County, MS | 74 | 114 | 19.0 | $3.2M | +3.2% | #336 of 2,402 |
| 3Tate County, MS | 70 | 18 | 16.3 | $3.5M | +2.1% | #442 of 2,402 |
| 4Madison County, MS | 65 | 87 | 19.8 | $3.2M | +6.5% | #600 of 2,402 |
| 5Hancock County, MS | 64 | 39 | 19.3 | $3M | +1.6% | #644 of 2,402 |
| 6Jackson County, MS | 63 | 119 | 20.6 | $2.8M | +3.0% | #686 of 2,402 |
| 7Stone County, MS | 58 | 15 | 22.4 | $2.5M | +7.2% | #881 of 2,402 |
| 8Oktibbeha County, MS | 56 | 32 | 14.7 | $3.7M | +0.4% | #925 of 2,402 |
| 9Harrison County, MS | 55 | 180 | 21.6 | $2.6M | +4.0% | #993 of 2,402 |
| 10Lafayette County, MS | 55 | 49 | 25.7 | $2.3M | +6.6% | #1,000 of 2,402 |
| 43Panola County, MS | 22 | 53 | 43.0 | $1.2M | −1.4% | #2,186 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Panola County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores22
- Grocery stores33
- Convenience stores17
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Panola County, MS?
Panola County has 53 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Panola County, MS spend on groceries?
About $65.1M a year, or $5,286 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,312 households in Panola County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Panola County, MS compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Panola County has 43.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.2M, 64% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Panola County would have about 19, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,759 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Panola County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Panola County at 32,691 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,312 households. Median household income in Panola County is $45,945, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.0%, 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. Panola County scores 22 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,186 of 2,402 scored counties.
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