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Barbershops in Hancock County, IL
The barbershops in Hancock County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.9M
- On personal care products and services · $904 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 16,803
- −4.4% since 2020
See the barbershops around any address in Hancock County
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Hancock County comes to about $6.9M a year: $904 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Hancock County has 1 barbershop on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Hancock County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hancock County declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 barbershop on map listings, Hancock County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Hancock County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Hancock County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $6.9M | $2.1M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 17,131 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.0% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $904 | $1,063 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,865 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 39 |
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
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Hancock 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 Hancock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,803−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,613
- Median age
- 46.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 794 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $65,865+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,824
- Median home value
- $113,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,044
- Daytime population
- 13,542Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McHenry County, IL | 83 | 38 | 3.2 | $3.7M | +2.5% | #46 of 1,356 |
| 2Grundy County, IL | 72 | 9 | 4.4 | $2.5M | +2.9% | #187 of 1,356 |
| 3Kendall County, IL | 71 | 21 | 4.6 | $2.6M | +9.9% | #205 of 1,356 |
| 4Will County, IL | 71 | 122 | 5.0 | $2.4M | +2.2% | #210 of 1,356 |
| 5Madison County, IL | 67 | 42 | 3.8 | $2.6M | −1.0% | #289 of 1,356 |
| 6Effingham County, IL | 63 | 5 | 3.6 | $2.8M | −0.5% | #384 of 1,356 |
| 7McLean County, IL | 63 | 28 | 4.0 | $2.6M | +0.1% | #385 of 1,356 |
| 8Adams County, IL | 60 | 7 | 2.5 | $3.7M | −2.1% | #441 of 1,356 |
| 9Champaign County, IL | 60 | 32 | 3.7 | $2.5M | +1.8% | #450 of 1,356 |
| 10Tazewell County, IL | 59 | 21 | 3.9 | $2.6M | −0.9% | #466 of 1,356 |
| Hancock County, IL | Not scored | 1 | 1.3 | $6.9M | −4.4% |
Other business types in Hancock 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Hancock County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 barbershop in Hancock County. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Hancock County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hancock County, IL spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.9M a year, or $904 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 barbershop on map listings, it comes to $6.9M per shop. 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 7,613 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hancock County, IL compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Hancock County has 1 barbershop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Hancock County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Hancock County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Hancock County at 16,803 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,613 households. The median household income in Hancock County is $65,865 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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. Hancock County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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