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Hair salons in Moultrie County, IL

How Moultrie 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #631 of 2,339 scored counties
#19 of 87 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
10
4 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.5M
On personal care products and services · $954 a household
Spending per listing
$555K
29% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.2
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,371
−0.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 hair salons in Moultrie County. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 17.2 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

At $954 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Moultrie County spend about $5.5M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $555K per salon, 29% 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 Moultrie County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 38 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Moultrie County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Moultrie County is 61 (upper middle), #631 of 2,339 scored counties and #19 of 87 scored counties in Illinois.

How Moultrie 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 Moultrie County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureMoultrie CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.223.323.4
Spending per listing$555K$455K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,5051,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a0.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$954$1,063$1,005
Median household income$71,784$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6140

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
104 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Moultrie 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 Moultrie County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,371−0.8% since 2020
Households
5,817
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
336 sq. mi.
People per square mile
43
Median household income
$71,784+16.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,465
Median home value
$134,000
Jobs located here
5,116
Daytime population
12,425Residents 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 Moultrie 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
19Moultrie County, IL611017.2$555K−0.8%#631 of 2,339

Other business types in Moultrie County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Moultrie County, IL?

Moultrie County has 10 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Moultrie County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 38 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $5.5M a year, or $954 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $555K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,817 households in Moultrie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Moultrie County has 17.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $555K, 29% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Moultrie County would have about 13, against 10 on map listings.

How fast is Moultrie County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Moultrie County at 14,371 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,817 households. The median household income in Moultrie County is $71,784 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.8% 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. Moultrie County scores 61 for hair salons (upper middle), #631 of 2,339 scored counties.

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