Beauty and personal care · County · Illinois
Hair salons in Hancock County, IL
How Hancock County, IL 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,165 of 2,339 scored counties
#85 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 20
- 3 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.9M
- On personal care products and services · $904 a household
- Spending per listing
- $344K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.3
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,803
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Hancock County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #2,165 of 2,339 scored counties and #85 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 hair salons in Hancock County. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 26.3 for every 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Hancock County spend about $6.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $904 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 20 hair salons, that is $344K per salon, 20% below 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 Hancock County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Hancock County declined 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Hancock 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.
| Measure | Hancock County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.3 | 23.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $344K | $455K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,505 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | 0.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $904 | $1,063 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,865 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 40 |
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
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 203 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Hancock 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 Hancock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,803−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,613
- Median age
- 46.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 794 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $65,865+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,824
- Median home value
- $113,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,044
- Daytime population
- 13,542Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boone County, IL | 77 | 24 | 12.3 | $855K | +0.4% | #112 of 2,339 |
| 2Washington County, IL | 70 | 7 | 12.1 | $804K | −1.2% | #274 of 2,339 |
| 3Piatt County, IL | 69 | 14 | 20.2 | $536K | +0.6% | #331 of 2,339 |
| 4Clinton County, IL | 68 | 33 | 22.6 | $461K | +0.6% | #377 of 2,339 |
| 5Ogle County, IL | 67 | 40 | 19.2 | $524K | −0.7% | #396 of 2,339 |
| 6Menard County, IL | 66 | 7 | 13.4 | $740K | −3.3% | #407 of 2,339 |
| 7Mercer County, IL | 66 | 9 | 13.7 | $717K | −2.6% | #408 of 2,339 |
| 8Jersey County, IL | 66 | 13 | 16.3 | $618K | −1.5% | #413 of 2,339 |
| 9Marshall County, IL | 65 | 6 | 11.8 | $792K | −2.0% | #435 of 2,339 |
| 10McHenry County, IL | 65 | 201 | 17.1 | $690K | +2.5% | #438 of 2,339 |
| 85Hancock County, IL | 23 | 20 | 26.3 | $344K | −4.4% | #2,165 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Hancock 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Hancock County, IL?
Hancock County has 20 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Hancock County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hancock County, IL spend on personal care products and services?
About $6.9M 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 20 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $344K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,613 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hancock County, IL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Hancock County has 26.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $344K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Hancock County would have about 16, against 20 on map listings.
How fast is Hancock County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Hancock County at 16,803 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,613 households. The median household income in Hancock County is $65,865 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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. Hancock County scores 23 for hair salons (low), #2,165 of 2,339 scored counties.
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