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Barbershops in Monroe County, IN
The barbershops in Monroe County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #327 of 1,356 scored counties
#15 of 40 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 17
- 3 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $55.4M
- On personal care products and services · $935 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 73% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 143,345
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Monroe County comes to about $55.4M a year: $935 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 73% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Monroe County has 17 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.9, 45% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Monroe County in 2023. That is one for every 14,809 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Monroe County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for barbershops in Monroe County is 65 (upper middle), #327 of 1,356 scored counties and #15 of 40 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Monroe County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Monroe County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $2.2M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,809 | 21,556 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +53.7% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $935 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,868 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $595K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 173 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Monroe 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 Monroe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 143,345+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 59,236
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 395 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 357
- Median household income
- $65,868+32.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,438
- Median home value
- $285,200
- Jobs located here
- 65,975
- Daytime population
- 154,742Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boone County, IN | 95 | 9 | 3.1 | $3.9M | +13.5% | #2 of 1,356 |
| 2Hancock County, IN | 91 | 11 | 3.3 | $3.4M | +13.5% | #10 of 1,356 |
| 3Morgan County, IN | 84 | 7 | 2.5 | $4.1M | +4.4% | #38 of 1,356 |
| 4Warrick County, IN | 84 | 8 | 3.2 | $3.4M | +4.4% | #40 of 1,356 |
| 5Dearborn County, IN | 77 | 5 | 2.5 | $4.1M | +1.7% | #99 of 1,356 |
| 6Bartholomew County, IN | 77 | 12 | 3.6 | $2.8M | +4.3% | #108 of 1,356 |
| 7Hendricks County, IN | 75 | 24 | 3.6 | $3.2M | +10.2% | #135 of 1,356 |
| 8Porter County, IN | 75 | 23 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +1.6% | #136 of 1,356 |
| 9Johnson County, IN | 75 | 30 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +7.4% | #141 of 1,356 |
| 10Kosciusko County, IN | 74 | 6 | 1.9 | $5.2M | +0.9% | #142 of 1,356 |
| 15Monroe County, IN | 65 | 17 | 2.9 | $3.3M | +1.9% | #327 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Monroe 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
- Salons, barbers and spas55
- Hair salons63
- Barbershops65
- Nail salons56
- Spas and skin care54
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Monroe County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 barbershops in Monroe County. 3 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 25 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Monroe County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $55.4M a year, or $935 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 59,236 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Monroe County, IN compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Monroe County has 2.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 73% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Monroe County would have about 29, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,809 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Monroe County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Monroe County at 143,345 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 59,236 households. The median household income in Monroe County is $65,868 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.2% 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. Monroe County scores 65 for barbershops (upper middle), #327 of 1,356 scored counties.
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