Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Indiana
Barbershops in the Muncie, IN metro area
The barbershops in the Muncie, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #196 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $39.2M
- On personal care products and services · $847 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 30% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,106
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 barbershops in the Muncie metro area. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Households in the Muncie metro area spend about $39.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $847 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per shop, 30% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Muncie metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Muncie metro area grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Muncie metro area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #196 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Muncie metro area 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 | Muncie metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.2M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 21,556 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +53.7% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $847 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $58,127 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 49 |
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
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 161 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Muncie metro 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 Muncie metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,106+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 46,256
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $58,127+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,454
- Median home value
- $139,400
- Jobs located here
- 44,237
- Daytime population
- 112,299Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for barbershops, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Muncie metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, IN | 77 | 12 | 3.6 | $2.8M | +4.3% | #12 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 69 | 400 | 4.4 | $2.3M | +2.7% | #59 of 387 |
| 2Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 63 | 443 | 5.3 | $2M | +5.4% | #92 of 387 |
| 3Bloomington, IN | 61 | 18 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +2.0% | #100 of 387 |
| 4Terre Haute, IN | 58 | 16 | 2.4 | $3.6M | +0.3% | #124 of 387 |
| 5Muncie, IN | 49 | 16 | 3.5 | $2.4M | +1.2% | #196 of 387 |
| 6Evansville, IN | 49 | 58 | 5.1 | $1.9M | +1.6% | #199 of 387 |
| 7South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 48 | 52 | 4.0 | $2.3M | +0.1% | #206 of 387 |
| 8Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 48 | 18 | 4.1 | $2.3M | −0.9% | #207 of 387 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 48 | 2,051 | 5.6 | $2M | 0.0% | #208 of 387 |
Other business types in the Muncie metro area
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 spas54
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops49
- Nail salons55
- Spas and skin care41
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Muncie, IN metro area?
The Muncie metro area has 16 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Muncie metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Muncie, IN metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $39.2M a year, or $847 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,256 households in the Muncie metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Muncie, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Muncie metro area has 3.5 barbershops per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.4M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Muncie metro area would have about 21, against 16 on map listings.
How fast is the Muncie, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Muncie metro area at 113,106 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,256 households. Median household income in the Muncie metro area is $58,127, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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. The Muncie metro area scores 49 for barbershops (lower middle), #196 of 387 scored metro areas.
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