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Barbershops in the Jacksonville, IL area

How the Jacksonville, IL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$13.9M
On personal care products and services · $920 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
85% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
51% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,381
−3.1% 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 personal care products and services in the Jacksonville area comes to about $13.9M a year: $920 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 85% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

The Jacksonville area has 4 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Jacksonville area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Jacksonville area declined 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 barbershops on map listings, the Jacksonville area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Jacksonville area 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.

Barbershops in Jacksonville, IL area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureJacksonville areaIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.65.15.3
Spending per listing$3.5M$2.1M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a17,13116,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.0%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$920$1,063$1,005
Median household income$66,353$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored39

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
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 the Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville area

Population, 2025 estimate
37,381−3.1% since 2020
Households
15,122
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
820 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$66,353+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,058
Median home value
$125,500
Jobs located here
14,940
Daytime population
35,211Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Illinois

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for barbershops, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Jacksonville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Illinois

Small-town markets in Illinois ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Effingham, IL7163.3$3M−0.9%#62 of 377
2Quincy, IL-MO6582.6$3.5M−2.0%#98 of 377
3Rochelle, IL6294.3$2.3M−0.7%#116 of 377
4Ottawa, IL59243.9$2.5M−1.6%#131 of 377
5Marion-Herrin, IL59124.1$2.2M+0.2%#132 of 377
6Freeport, IL5863.1$2.9M−3.0%#141 of 377
Burlington, IA-IL5273.5$2.5M−2.5%#182 of 377
7Carbondale, IL4683.5$2.4M−1.5%#218 of 377
8Sterling, IL44114.8$1.9M−2.6%#228 of 377
9Charleston-Mattoon, IL4394.3$2M−1.0%#232 of 377
Jacksonville, ILNot scored42.6$3.5M−3.1%

Other business types in the Jacksonville area

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in the Jacksonville, IL area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 barbershops in the Jacksonville area. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Jacksonville area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Jacksonville, IL area spend on personal care products and services?

About $13.9M a year, or $920 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 15,122 households in the Jacksonville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Jacksonville, IL area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

The Jacksonville area has 2.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.5M, 85% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Jacksonville area would have about 7, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is the Jacksonville, IL area growing?

Population estimates put the Jacksonville area at 37,381 people in 2025, down 3.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,122 households. The median household income in the Jacksonville area is $66,353 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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 Jacksonville area has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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