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Tire shops in the Picayune, MS area

How the Picayune, MS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #276 of 431 scored small-town markets
#4 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi

Listings
14
2 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$21M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $958 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
68% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
59,363
+5.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Picayune area comes to about $21M a year: $958 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 14 tire shops, that is $1.5M per shop, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

There are 14 tire shops on map listings in the Picayune area as of September 2026. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 68% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Picayune area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 3,647 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Picayune area grew 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For tire shops, the Picayune area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #276 of 431 scored small-town markets and #4 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi.

How the Picayune area compares

The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the tire shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Tire shops in Picayune, MS area compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasurePicayune areaMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.45.33.8
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,6474,1806,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.4%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.6%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$958$890$958
Median household income$58,135$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score4311

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
42
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
142 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 tire dealers in the Picayune 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 Picayune area

Population, 2025 estimate
59,363+5.6% since 2020
Households
21,880
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
812 sq. mi.
People per square mile
71
Median household income
$58,135+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,551
Median home value
$182,300
Jobs located here
11,097
Daytime population
47,617Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for tire shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Picayune area marked.

Top small-town markets in Mississippi

Small-town markets in Mississippi ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oxford, MS6872.9$3.1M+5.3%#90 of 431
2Starkville, MS5193.5$2.5M+0.8%#210 of 431
3Brookhaven, MS4364.6$2M+0.5%#274 of 431
4Picayune, MS43146.4$1.5M+5.6%#276 of 431
5Columbus, MS39145.2$1.7M−2.7%#303 of 431
6Laurel, MS38206.3$1.4M−1.5%#313 of 431
7Grenada, MS3064.8$1.8M−3.6%#353 of 431
8Tupelo, MS30295.6$1.7M+0.8%#355 of 431
9Corinth, MS2974.8$1.7M−0.5%#359 of 431
10Natchez, MS-LA23104.8$1.6M−0.9%#379 of 431

Other business types in the Picayune area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Picayune, MS area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 tire shops in the Picayune area. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in the Picayune, MS area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $21M a year, or $958 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,880 households in the Picayune area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Picayune, MS area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Picayune area has 6.4 tire shops per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Picayune area would have about 8, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,647 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is the Picayune, MS area growing?

Population estimates put the Picayune area at 59,363 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,880 households. The median household income in the Picayune area is $58,135 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.0% 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. 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 Picayune area scores 43 for tire shops (lower middle), #276 of 431 scored small-town markets.

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