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Hair salons in Gibson County, IN

How Gibson County, IN 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #228 of 2,339 scored counties
#14 of 86 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
17
6 chain locations (35%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.6M
On personal care products and services · $936 a household
Spending per listing
$740K
72% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.7
46% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,091
+0.1% 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

Gibson County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #228 of 2,339 scored counties and #14 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for hair salons.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 hair salons in Gibson County. 6 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 12.7 per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Gibson County spend about $12.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $936 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $740K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 72% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Gibson County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 3,360 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $106K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Gibson County. Population estimates show Gibson County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Gibson County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Gibson County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureGibson CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.721.123.4
Spending per listing$740K$460K$430K
Households per official establishment3,3601,8891,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.1%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$936$971$1,005
Median household income$67,573$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score7251

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
7
Annual payroll, 2023
$100K
One-person businesses, 2023
85Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
176 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$106K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Gibson 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 Gibson County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,091+0.1% since 2020
Households
13,438
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
487 sq. mi.
People per square mile
68
Median household income
$67,573+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,069
Median home value
$180,000
Jobs located here
20,356
Daytime population
37,868Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Morgan County, IN864515.9$641K+4.4%#35 of 2,339
2LaGrange County, IN811310.1$1M+1.9%#64 of 2,339
3Brown County, IN81710.3$966K+1.9%#65 of 2,339
4Clark County, IN818015.6$621K+7.5%#70 of 2,339
5Boone County, IN785719.8$622K+13.5%#105 of 2,339
6DeKalb County, IN772715.8$602K+2.9%#123 of 2,339
7Warrick County, IN774718.7$582K+4.4%#124 of 2,339
8Parke County, IN76711.4$795K+3.0%#130 of 2,339
9Spencer County, IN741012.4$767K+1.2%#169 of 2,339
10Hancock County, IN747321.8$510K+13.5%#192 of 2,339
14Gibson County, IN721712.7$740K+0.1%#228 of 2,339

Other business types in Gibson County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Gibson County, IN?

There are 17 hair salons on map listings in Gibson County as of September 2026. 6 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 85 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Gibson County, IN spend on personal care products and services?

About $12.6M a year, or $936 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $740K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,438 households in Gibson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Gibson County, IN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Gibson County has 12.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $740K, 72% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Gibson County would have about 29, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,360 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Gibson County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Gibson County at 33,091 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,438 households. The median household income in Gibson County is $67,573 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.8% 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. Gibson County scores 72 for hair salons (upper middle), #228 of 2,339 scored counties.

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