Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Iowa
Barbershops in the Mason City, IA area
How the Mason City, IA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #67 of 377 scored small-town markets
#2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Iowa
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $21.5M
- On personal care products and services · $946 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 90% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,710
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Mason City area spend about $21.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $946 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per shop, 90% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 6 barbershops on map listings in the Mason City area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. 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 Mason City area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mason City area declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for barbershops in the Mason City area is 70 (upper middle), #67 of 377 scored small-town markets and #2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Iowa. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Mason City area compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Mason City area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 3.2 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.1M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 46,990 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.3% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $946 | $990 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,926 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 72 |
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
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Mason City 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 Mason City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,710−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 22,716
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $68,926+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,964
- Median home value
- $162,900
- Jobs located here
- 24,592
- Daytime population
- 51,205Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Iowa for barbershops, numbered among those based in Iowa, with the Mason City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pella, IA | 78 | 5 | 3.8 | $2.7M | +2.3% | #40 of 377 |
| 2Mason City, IA | 70 | 6 | 2.6 | $3.6M | −1.5% | #67 of 377 |
| 3Fort Dodge, IA | 64 | 5 | 3.3 | $2.8M | −0.4% | #106 of 377 |
| 4Clinton, IA | 62 | 7 | 3.6 | $2.6M | −0.9% | #114 of 377 |
| 5Burlington, IA-IL | 52 | 7 | 3.5 | $2.5M | −2.5% | #182 of 377 |
| 6Carroll, IA | 43 | 5 | 5.7 | $1.7M | −2.0% | #234 of 377 |
Other business types in the Mason City 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 spas29
- Hair salons25
- Barbershops70
- Nail salons59
- Spas and skin care29
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Mason City, IA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 barbershops in the Mason City area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Mason City area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Mason City, IA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $21.5M a year, or $946 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 22,716 households in the Mason City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mason City, IA area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Mason City area has 2.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 90% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Mason City area would have about 11, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is the Mason City, IA area growing?
Population estimates put the Mason City area at 49,710 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,716 households. The median household income in the Mason City area is $68,926 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.7% 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 Mason City area scores 70 for barbershops (upper middle), #67 of 377 scored small-town markets.
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