Beauty and personal care · County · California
Hair salons in Calaveras County, CA
How Calaveras County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #62 of 2,339 scored counties
#3 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 27
- 5 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $19M
- On personal care products and services · $1,029 a household
- Spending per listing
- $703K
- 63% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.6
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,605
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Calaveras County has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #62 of 2,339 scored counties and #3 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 hair salons in Calaveras County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 19%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 14.6 per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Calaveras County comes to about $19M a year: $1,029 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 27 hair salons, that is $703K per salon, 63% above the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Calaveras County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Calaveras County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Calaveras County compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the hair salons 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 | Calaveras County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.6 | 24.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $703K | $479K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,551 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,029 | $1,149 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $78,647 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 54 |
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
- 101Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 275 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The 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 beauty salons in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,605+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 18,437
- Median age
- 50.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,020 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $78,647+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,069
- Median home value
- $457,200
- Jobs located here
- 10,991
- Daytime population
- 32,740Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 90 | 21 | 7.3 | $1.3M | +8.2% | #9 of 2,339 |
| 2Madera County, CA | 89 | 65 | 14.3 | $687K | +7.4% | #17 of 2,339 |
| 3Calaveras County, CA | 82 | 27 | 14.6 | $703K | +2.8% | #62 of 2,339 |
| 4Yolo County, CA | 80 | 122 | 15.9 | $688K | +3.1% | #77 of 2,339 |
| 5Kern County, CA | 77 | 444 | 15.6 | $609K | +2.3% | #121 of 2,339 |
| 6Merced County, CA | 77 | 142 | 16.5 | $553K | +5.1% | #125 of 2,339 |
| 7Tulare County, CA | 75 | 235 | 16.4 | $580K | +2.4% | #158 of 2,339 |
| 8San Joaquin County, CA | 75 | 484 | 19.7 | $551K | +5.5% | #161 of 2,339 |
| 9El Dorado County, CA | 72 | 126 | 16.5 | $727K | +0.6% | #229 of 2,339 |
| 10Kings County, CA | 72 | 74 | 16.8 | $560K | +1.0% | #242 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Calaveras County
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 spas78
- Hair salons82
- Barbershops77
- Nail salons67
- Spas and skin care66
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Calaveras County, CA?
There are 27 hair salons on map listings in Calaveras County as of September 2026. 5 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Calaveras County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 101 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Calaveras County, CA spend on personal care products and services?
About $19M a year, or $1,029 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $703K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,437 households in Calaveras County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Calaveras County, CA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Calaveras County has 14.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $703K, 63% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Calaveras County would have about 44, against 27 on map listings.
How fast is Calaveras County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Calaveras County at 46,605 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,437 households. The median household income in Calaveras County is $78,647 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.5% 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. Calaveras County scores 82 for hair salons (high), #62 of 2,339 scored counties.
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