Groceries and convenience · County · Mississippi
Grocery stores in Tippah County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Tippah County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42.9M
- On groceries · $5,355 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.7M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,389
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Tippah County spend about $42.9M a year on groceries, or $5,355 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 grocery stores, that is $10.7M per store, 15% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 4 grocery stores on map listings in Tippah County as of September 2026. That comes to 5.0 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Tippah County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,004 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Tippah County declined 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 grocery stores on map listings, Tippah County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Tippah 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 | Tippah County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 8.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $10.7M | $6.9M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,004 | 2,828 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,355 | $5,547 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $52,542 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 116
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Tippah 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 Tippah County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,389−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 8,017
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 458 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $52,542+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,071
- Median home value
- $124,100
- Jobs located here
- 6,949
- Daytime population
- 18,902Residents 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 | 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 |
| Tippah County, MS | Not scored | 4 | 5.0 | $10.7M | −1.6% |
Other business types in Tippah County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores40
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores40
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 Tippah County, MS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 grocery stores in Tippah County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Tippah County, MS spend on groceries?
About $42.9M a year, or $5,355 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.7M 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 8,017 households in Tippah County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tippah County, MS compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Tippah County has 5.0 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.7M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Tippah County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,004 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Tippah County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Tippah County at 21,389 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,017 households. The median household income in Tippah County is $52,542 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.9% 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. Tippah County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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