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Barbershops in Newton County, IN
How Newton County, IN compares with other counties 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.2M
- On personal care products and services · $906 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,188
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 barbershops in Newton County. That comes to 5.2 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Newton County comes to about $5.2M a year: $906 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per shop, 8% below 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 Newton County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Newton County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 barbershops on map listings, Newton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Newton 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 | Newton County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $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 | +2.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $906 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $75,481 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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
- 14,188+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,726
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 402 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $75,481+36.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,819
- Median home value
- $171,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,456
- Daytime population
- 11,088Residents 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 |
| Newton County, IN | Not scored | 3 | 5.2 | $1.7M | +2.9% |
Other business types in Newton 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 Newton County, IN?
Newton County has 3 barbershops on map listings 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. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Newton County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.2M a year, or $906 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,726 households in Newton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newton County, IN compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Newton County has 5.2 barbershops per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending.
How fast is Newton County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Newton County at 14,188 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,726 households. Median household income in Newton County is $75,481, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.4%, 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. Newton County has no market score for barbershops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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