Beauty and personal care · County · Illinois
Hair salons in Jersey County, IL
How Jersey 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #413 of 2,339 scored counties
#8 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 13
- 7 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8M
- On personal care products and services · $1,009 a household
- Spending per listing
- $618K
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,160
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 hair salons in Jersey County. Chain locations make up 54% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 16.3 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Jersey County comes to about $8M a year: $1,009 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $618K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 44% 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 Jersey County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 67 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Jersey County declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Jersey County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #413 of 2,339 scored counties and #8 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Jersey 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 | Jersey County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 23.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $618K | $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 | −1.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,009 | $1,063 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $80,361 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 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
- 67Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 137 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Jersey 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 Jersey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,160−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,965
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 370 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $80,361+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,416
- Median home value
- $171,900
- Jobs located here
- 5,045
- Daytime population
- 16,288Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for hair salons, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Jersey County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Jersey 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 spas63
- Hair salons66
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care57
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Jersey County, IL?
There are 13 hair salons on map listings in Jersey County as of September 2026. 7 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Jersey County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 67 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Jersey County, IL spend on personal care products and services?
About $8M a year, or $1,009 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $618K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,965 households in Jersey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jersey County, IL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Jersey County has 16.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $618K, 44% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Jersey County would have about 19, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Jersey County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Jersey County at 21,160 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,965 households. The median household income in Jersey County is $80,361 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Jersey County scores 66 for hair salons (upper middle), #413 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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