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Hair salons in Perry County, IL

How Perry 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,310 of 2,339 scored counties
#58 of 87 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
14
4 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.1M
On personal care products and services · $900 a household
Spending per listing
$506K
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.8
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,160
−3.5% 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 $900 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Perry County spend about $7.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $506K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 18% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Perry County has 14 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 29%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.8, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Perry County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 62 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Perry County declined 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Perry County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,310 of 2,339 scored counties and #58 of 87 scored counties in Illinois.

How Perry 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 Perry County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasurePerry CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.823.323.4
Spending per listing$506K$455K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,5051,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a0.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$900$1,063$1,005
Median household income$62,118$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score4740

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
62Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
144 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Perry 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 Perry County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,160−3.5% since 2020
Households
7,875
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
442 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$62,118+18.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,245
Median home value
$112,600
Jobs located here
4,717
Daytime population
17,699Residents 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 Perry 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
58Perry County, IL471417.8$506K−3.5%#1,310 of 2,339

Other business types in Perry County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Perry County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 hair salons in Perry County. 4 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Perry County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 62 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $7.1M a year, or $900 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $506K 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 7,875 households in Perry County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Perry County has 17.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $506K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Perry County would have about 17, against 14 on map listings.

How fast is Perry County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Perry County at 20,160 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,875 households. Median household income in Perry County is $62,118, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.5%, 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. Perry County scores 47 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,310 of 2,339 scored counties.

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