Beauty and personal care · Metro area · New York
Barbershops in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area
How the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #306 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 21
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $43M
- On personal care products and services · $904 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 111,540
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Watertown-Fort Drum metro area scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #306 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $904 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area spend about $43M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 21 barbershops, that is $2M per shop, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 21 barbershops on map listings in the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.4, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area declined 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Watertown-Fort Drum metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.8M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,704 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.4% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $904 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $66,301 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 27 |
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
- 43Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 210 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Watertown-Fort Drum 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 Watertown-Fort Drum metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 111,540−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 47,606
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,268 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 91
- Median household income
- $66,301+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,210
- Median home value
- $188,200
- Jobs located here
- 34,253
- Daytime population
- 112,470Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for barbershops, numbered among those based in New York, with the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kingston, NY | 67 | 31 | 4.2 | $2.5M | +1.1% | #71 of 387 |
| 2Ithaca, NY | 55 | 17 | 3.9 | $2.5M | −1.4% | #148 of 387 |
| 3Syracuse, NY | 55 | 116 | 4.3 | $2.3M | −1.3% | #150 of 387 |
| 4Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 55 | 210 | 5.5 | $1.9M | +1.9% | #155 of 387 |
| 5Binghamton, NY | 53 | 45 | 4.4 | $2.1M | −1.3% | #165 of 387 |
| 6Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 48 | 161 | 6.3 | $1.8M | +3.0% | #210 of 387 |
| 7Rochester, NY | 48 | 271 | 6.1 | $1.6M | −0.7% | #213 of 387 |
| 8Glens Falls, NY | 45 | 25 | 4.6 | $2.1M | −1.9% | #244 of 387 |
| 9Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 41 | 303 | 6.0 | $1.6M | −0.8% | #273 of 387 |
| 10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 40 | 4,689 | 6.3 | $1.8M | +0.6% | #282 of 387 |
| 12Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 36 | 21 | 4.4 | $2M | −3.9% | #306 of 387 |
Other business types in the Watertown-Fort Drum 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 spas56
- Hair salons59
- Barbershops36
- Nail salons45
- Spas and skin care47
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 barbershops in the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 43 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $43M a year, or $904 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 47,606 households in the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Watertown-Fort Drum metro area has 4.4 barbershops per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area would have about 23, against 21 on map listings.
How fast is the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area at 111,540 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 47,606 households. The median household income in the Watertown-Fort Drum metro area is $66,301 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.8% 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. The Watertown-Fort Drum metro area scores 36 for barbershops (lower middle), #306 of 387 scored metro areas.
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