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Barbershops in Newton County, AR
How Newton County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.3M
- On personal care products and services · $737 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 7,026
- −2.3% since 2020
See the barbershops around any address in Newton County
The site report maps the barbershops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Newton County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Newton County comes to about $2.3M a year: $737 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no barbershops in Newton County. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, Newton County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Newton County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Newton County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Newton County compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops 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 | Newton County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $1.6M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 33,500 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +56.5% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $737 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $48,986 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- 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 barber shops in Newton 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 Newton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,026−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 3,179
- Median age
- 49.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 821 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $48,986
- Average household income
- $67,641
- Median home value
- $169,300
- Jobs located here
- 976
- Daytime population
- 6,083Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Newton County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the barbershops on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for barbershops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Newton County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, AR | 69 | 41 | 4.2 | $2.1M | +9.9% | #270 of 1,356 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 68 | 18 | 3.6 | $2.5M | +7.6% | #281 of 1,356 |
| 3Crawford County, AR | 59 | 7 | 3.0 | $2.7M | +4.1% | #462 of 1,356 |
| 4Greene County, AR | 57 | 5 | 2.8 | $2.8M | +3.4% | #513 of 1,356 |
| 5Benton County, AR | 55 | 57 | 5.1 | $2M | +16.0% | #573 of 1,356 |
| 6Craighead County, AR | 46 | 20 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +4.8% | #809 of 1,356 |
| 7Faulkner County, AR | 45 | 28 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +8.2% | #838 of 1,356 |
| 8White County, AR | 43 | 12 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +4.2% | #881 of 1,356 |
| 9Boone County, AR | 42 | 6 | 3.9 | $2M | +3.3% | #891 of 1,356 |
| 10Pulaski County, AR | 39 | 158 | 9.2 | $923K | +1.3% | #953 of 1,356 |
| Newton County, AR | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −2.3% |
Other business types in Newton County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Newton County, AR?
There are no barbershops on map listings in Newton County as of September 2026. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Newton County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Newton County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $2.3M a year, or $737 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,179 households in Newton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newton County, AR compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Newton County has no barbershops on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Newton County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Newton County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Newton County at 7,026 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,179 households. The median household income in Newton County is $48,986 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Newton County. It maps the barbershops 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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