Groceries and convenience · County · Mississippi
Grocery stores in Pontotoc County, MS
How Pontotoc County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,804 of 2,070 scored counties
#35 of 61 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 15
- 4 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $64.3M
- On groceries · $5,442 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- 87% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,096
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Pontotoc County scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #1,804 of 2,070 scored counties and #35 of 61 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in Pontotoc County comes to about $64.3M a year: $5,442 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 54% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Pontotoc County has 15 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 27%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 12.7 for every 10,000 households, 87% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Pontotoc County in 2023. That is one for every 1,688 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates show Pontotoc County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Pontotoc 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 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 | Pontotoc County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 8.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $6.9M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,688 | 2,828 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,442 | $5,547 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $51,484 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 129
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 154 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,096+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 11,819
- Median age
- 36.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 498 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 63
- Median household income
- $51,484+15.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,266
- Median home value
- $157,100
- Jobs located here
- 12,251
- Daytime population
- 30,006Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Pontotoc County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeSoto County, MS | 84 | 33 | 4.6 | $13.4M | +6.3% | #122 of 2,070 |
| 2Rankin County, MS | 80 | 30 | 5.0 | $12.3M | +3.2% | #197 of 2,070 |
| 3Hancock County, MS | 76 | 9 | 4.4 | $13.1M | +1.6% | #267 of 2,070 |
| 4Jackson County, MS | 71 | 31 | 5.4 | $10.8M | +3.0% | #389 of 2,070 |
| 5Madison County, MS | 67 | 30 | 6.8 | $9.2M | +6.5% | #487 of 2,070 |
| 6Lafayette County, MS | 65 | 16 | 8.4 | $7.1M | +6.6% | #552 of 2,070 |
| 7Harrison County, MS | 62 | 57 | 6.8 | $8.2M | +4.0% | #634 of 2,070 |
| 8Oktibbeha County, MS | 59 | 11 | 5.0 | $10.6M | +0.4% | #710 of 2,070 |
| 9Lamar County, MS | 54 | 21 | 8.3 | $7.2M | +4.7% | #893 of 2,070 |
| 10Pearl River County, MS | 54 | 20 | 9.1 | $6.1M | +5.6% | #897 of 2,070 |
| 35Pontotoc County, MS | 24 | 15 | 12.7 | $4.3M | +2.9% | #1,804 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Pontotoc County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores25
- Grocery stores24
- Convenience stores28
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 stores are in Pontotoc County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 grocery stores in Pontotoc County. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Pontotoc County, MS spend on groceries?
About $64.3M a year, or $5,442 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,819 households in Pontotoc County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pontotoc County, MS compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Pontotoc County has 12.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 87% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $4.3M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Pontotoc County would have about 7, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,688 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Pontotoc County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Pontotoc County at 32,096 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,819 households. The median household income in Pontotoc County is $51,484 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.0% 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. Pontotoc County scores 24 for grocery stores (low), #1,804 of 2,070 scored counties.
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