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Barbershops in Vernon Parish, LA

How Vernon Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 9 out of 100: Very low

Ranked #1,311 of 1,356 scored counties
#33 of 36 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
13
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$14.2M
On personal care products and services · $773 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.1
34% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,091
−7.3% 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

Vernon Parish scores 9 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #1,311 of 1,356 scored counties and #33 of 36 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $773 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Vernon Parish spend about $14.2M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 13 barbershops, that is $1.1M per shop, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.

There are 13 barbershops on map listings in Vernon Parish as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 7.1 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in Vernon Parish, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Vernon Parish declined 7.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Vernon Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Vernon Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureVernon ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.16.85.3
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.2M$1.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a28,20016,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.9%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−7.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$773$826$1,005
Median household income$57,270$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score922

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
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
130 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Vernon Parish, 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 Vernon Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
45,091−7.3% since 2020
Households
18,300
Median age
35.5
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,327 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$57,270+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,627
Median home value
$156,000
Jobs located here
11,403
Daytime population
43,022Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for barbershops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Vernon Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston Parish, LA66203.7$2.4M+8.5%#306 of 1,356
2West Baton Rouge Parish, LA5854.6$2M+5.5%#495 of 1,356
3Lafourche Parish, LA5482.1$3.9M−2.0%#582 of 1,356
4Ascension Parish, LA50377.8$1.3M+6.4%#706 of 1,356
5St. Tammany Parish, LA49696.6$1.4M+5.3%#736 of 1,356
6Beauregard Parish, LA4653.6$2.3M+0.2%#796 of 1,356
7St. Charles Parish, LA4484.3$2.2M−3.7%#849 of 1,356
8Vermilion Parish, LA3794.1$1.9M+1.3%#973 of 1,356
9St. Bernard Parish, LA3595.5$1.4M+4.1%#1,020 of 1,356
10East Baton Rouge Parish, LA351609.0$951K+0.1%#1,028 of 1,356
33Vernon Parish, LA9137.1$1.1M−7.3%#1,311 of 1,356

Other business types in Vernon Parish

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

Questions

How many barbershops are in Vernon Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 barbershops in Vernon Parish. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in Vernon Parish: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Vernon Parish, LA spend on personal care products and services?

About $14.2M a year, or $773 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 18,300 households in Vernon Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Vernon Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

Vernon Parish has 7.1 barbershops per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.1M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Vernon Parish would have about 8, against 13 on map listings.

How fast is Vernon Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Vernon Parish at 45,091 people in 2025, down 7.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,300 households. The median household income in Vernon Parish is $57,270 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.5% 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. Vernon Parish scores 9 for barbershops (very low), #1,311 of 1,356 scored counties.

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