Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Washington
Barbershops in the Shelton, WA area
How the Shelton, WA 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 96 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #1 of 377 scored small-town markets
#1 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $26.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,020 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.3M
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 64% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 71,165
- +7.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Shelton area scores 96 (very high) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #1 of 377 scored small-town markets and #1 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for barbershops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 barbershops in the Shelton area. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.9, 64% below the U.S. rate of 5.3.
At $1,020 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Shelton area spend about $26.5M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $5.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.8 times 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 the Shelton area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show the Shelton area grew 7.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Shelton area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Shelton area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 4.0 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.3M | $2.9M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 15,963 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +44.4% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.8% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,020 | $1,137 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $83,270 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 96 | 65 |
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
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Shelton 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 Shelton area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 71,165+7.8% since 2020
- Households
- 26,029
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 960 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $83,270+44.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,630
- Median home value
- $411,800
- Jobs located here
- 13,833
- Daytime population
- 54,996Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelton, WA | 96 | 5 | 1.9 | $5.3M | +7.8% | #1 of 377 |
| 2Centralia, WA | 89 | 9 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +6.7% | #8 of 377 |
| 3Ellensburg, WA | 84 | 7 | 3.5 | $2.8M | +4.2% | #18 of 377 |
| 4Port Angeles, WA | 80 | 8 | 2.3 | $4.2M | +1.1% | #30 of 377 |
| 5Aberdeen, WA | 79 | 8 | 2.6 | $3.4M | +3.0% | #33 of 377 |
| 6Oak Harbor, WA | 75 | 10 | 2.8 | $3.8M | −1.5% | #43 of 377 |
| 7Pullman, WA | 72 | 5 | 2.7 | $3.3M | +1.5% | #55 of 377 |
| 8Moses Lake, WA | 70 | 16 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +6.3% | #72 of 377 |
Other business types in the Shelton 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 spas90
- Hair salons91
- Barbershops96
- Nail salons93
- Spas and skin care97
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Shelton, WA area?
There are 5 barbershops on map listings in the Shelton area as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Shelton area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Shelton, WA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $26.5M a year, or $1,020 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $5.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,029 households in the Shelton area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Shelton, WA area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Shelton area has 1.9 barbershops per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $5.3M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Shelton area would have about 14, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is the Shelton, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Shelton area at 71,165 people in 2025, up 7.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,029 households. Median household income in the Shelton area is $83,270, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.5%, 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 Shelton area scores 96 for barbershops (very high), #1 of 377 scored small-town markets.
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