Pets · County · Mississippi
Pet stores in Walthall County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pet stores in Walthall 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.8M
- On pets · $725 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 72% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,928
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 pet stores in Walthall County. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.7, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 2.0.
Household spending on pets in Walthall County comes to about $3.8M a year: $725 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 72% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. That spending covers all pets, which pet stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet and pet supplies stores in Walthall County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Walthall County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 pet stores on map listings, Walthall County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Walthall County compares
The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet 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 | Walthall County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $6.2M | $4.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 24,371 | 13,024 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | −1.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $725 | $774 | $909 |
| Median household income | $48,905 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 pet and pet supplies stores in Walthall 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 Walthall County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,928+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,290
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 404 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $48,905+58.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,139
- Median home value
- $126,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,347
- Daytime population
- 10,906Residents 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 | 82 | 12 | 1.7 | $5.6M | +6.3% | #41 of 974 |
| 2Rankin County, MS | 78 | 6 | 1.0 | $9.2M | +3.2% | #66 of 974 |
| 3Harrison County, MS | 73 | 10 | 1.2 | $6.6M | +4.0% | #125 of 974 |
| 4Madison County, MS | 72 | 8 | 1.8 | $5.4M | +6.5% | #139 of 974 |
| 5Jackson County, MS | 68 | 8 | 1.4 | $6M | +3.0% | #192 of 974 |
| 6Lamar County, MS | 63 | 5 | 2.0 | $4.4M | +4.7% | #274 of 974 |
| 7Lee County, MS | 55 | 5 | 1.5 | $5.4M | +0.5% | #396 of 974 |
| 8Hinds County, MS | 43 | 14 | 1.6 | $4.6M | −6.6% | #599 of 974 |
| 9Hancock County, MS | 42 | 5 | 2.5 | $3.4M | +1.6% | #619 of 974 |
| Walthall County, MS | Not scored | 3 | 5.7 | $1.3M | +0.4% |
Other business types in Walthall County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet stores are in Walthall County, MS?
There are 3 pet stores on map listings in Walthall County as of September 2026. The listings count pet stores. No official count is published for pet and pet supplies stores in Walthall County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Walthall County, MS spend on pets?
About $3.8M a year, or $725 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pet stores on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per store. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,290 households in Walthall County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Walthall County, MS compare with the U.S. for pet stores?
Walthall County has 5.7 pet stores per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 2.0. Spending per store is $1.3M, 72% below the U.S. figure of $4.5M. At the national ratio of pet stores to household spending, Walthall County would have about 1, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Walthall County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Walthall County at 13,928 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,290 households. Median household income in Walthall County is $48,905, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 58.0%, 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. Walthall County has no market score for pet stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Walthall County. It maps the pet stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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