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Barbershops in Starke County, IN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in Starke County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.

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
$7.7M
On personal care products and services · $862 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
37% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,425
+0.1% 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

At $862 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Starke County spend about $7.7M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 37% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

Starke County has 3 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Starke County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Starke County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 barbershops on map listings, Starke County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Starke 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.

Barbershops in Starke County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureStarke CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.34.45.3
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.2M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a21,55616,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+53.7%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$862$971$1,005
Median household income$63,960$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

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
31 chain location
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 Starke 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 Starke County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,425+0.1% since 2020
Households
8,983
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
309 sq. mi.
People per square mile
76
Median household income
$63,960+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,205
Median home value
$157,700
Jobs located here
4,099
Daytime population
17,225Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for barbershops, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Starke County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Boone County, IN9593.1$3.9M+13.5%#2 of 1,356
2Hancock County, IN91113.3$3.4M+13.5%#10 of 1,356
3Morgan County, IN8472.5$4.1M+4.4%#38 of 1,356
4Warrick County, IN8483.2$3.4M+4.4%#40 of 1,356
5Dearborn County, IN7752.5$4.1M+1.7%#99 of 1,356
6Bartholomew County, IN77123.6$2.8M+4.3%#108 of 1,356
7Hendricks County, IN75243.6$3.2M+10.2%#135 of 1,356
8Porter County, IN75233.4$3.2M+1.6%#136 of 1,356
9Johnson County, IN75304.8$2.3M+7.4%#141 of 1,356
10Kosciusko County, IN7461.9$5.2M+0.9%#142 of 1,356
Starke County, INNot scored33.3$2.6M+0.1%

Other business types in Starke County

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Starke County, IN?

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

How much do households in Starke County, IN spend on personal care products and services?

About $7.7M a year, or $862 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 8,983 households in Starke County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Starke County, IN compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Starke County has 3.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Starke County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Starke County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Starke County at 23,425 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,983 households. The median household income in Starke County is $63,960 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Starke 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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How the score works · Top markets for barbershops · All 56 business types in Starke County

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