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Hair salons in Cumberland County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Cumberland County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,165 of 2,339 scored counties
#49 of 87 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
8
3 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.9M
On personal care products and services · $937 a household
Spending per listing
$489K
14% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.2
18% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,208
−2.1% 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

At $937 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Cumberland County spend about $3.9M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 8 hair salons, that is $489K per salon, 14% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Cumberland County has 8 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 19.2 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Cumberland County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 31 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Cumberland County declined 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Cumberland County is 50 (upper middle), #1,165 of 2,339 scored counties and #49 of 87 scored counties in Illinois.

How Cumberland County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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.

Hair salons in Cumberland County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureCumberland CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.223.323.4
Spending per listing$489K$455K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,5051,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a0.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$937$1,063$1,005
Median household income$73,327$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score5040

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
31Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
83 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,208−2.1% since 2020
Households
4,177
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
346 sq. mi.
People per square mile
30
Median household income
$73,327+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,318
Median home value
$126,000
Jobs located here
3,007
Daytime population
8,391Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for hair salons, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Cumberland County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Boone County, IL772412.3$855K+0.4%#112 of 2,339
2Washington County, IL70712.1$804K−1.2%#274 of 2,339
3Piatt County, IL691420.2$536K+0.6%#331 of 2,339
4Clinton County, IL683322.6$461K+0.6%#377 of 2,339
5Ogle County, IL674019.2$524K−0.7%#396 of 2,339
6Menard County, IL66713.4$740K−3.3%#407 of 2,339
7Mercer County, IL66913.7$717K−2.6%#408 of 2,339
8Jersey County, IL661316.3$618K−1.5%#413 of 2,339
9Marshall County, IL65611.8$792K−2.0%#435 of 2,339
10McHenry County, IL6520117.1$690K+2.5%#438 of 2,339
49Cumberland County, IL50819.2$489K−2.1%#1,165 of 2,339

Other business types in Cumberland County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Cumberland County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 hair salons in Cumberland County. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Cumberland County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 31 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Cumberland County, IL spend on personal care products and services?

About $3.9M a year, or $937 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $489K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,177 households in Cumberland County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cumberland County, IL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Cumberland County has 19.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $489K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Cumberland County would have about 9, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is Cumberland County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Cumberland County at 10,208 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,177 households. Median household income in Cumberland County is $73,327, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.5%, 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. 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. Cumberland County scores 50 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,165 of 2,339 scored counties.

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