Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Hair salons in Ripley County, IN
The hair salons in Ripley County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #975 of 2,339 scored counties
#51 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 25
- 5 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.9M
- On personal care products and services · $942 a household
- Spending per listing
- $434K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.7
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,434
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in Ripley County comes to about $10.9M a year: $942 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $434K of household spending for each salon on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 25 hair salons on map listings in Ripley County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 21.7 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Ripley County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,306 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 65 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Ripley County.
Population estimates show Ripley County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Ripley County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #975 of 2,339 scored counties and #51 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.
How Ripley 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.
| Measure | Ripley County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.7 | 21.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $434K | $460K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,306 | 1,889 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $942 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,573 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $389K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 65Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 255 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Ripley 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 Ripley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,434+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,531
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 446 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $70,573+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,934
- Median home value
- $222,500
- Jobs located here
- 10,343
- Daytime population
- 26,139Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morgan County, IN | 86 | 45 | 15.9 | $641K | +4.4% | #35 of 2,339 |
| 2LaGrange County, IN | 81 | 13 | 10.1 | $1M | +1.9% | #64 of 2,339 |
| 3Brown County, IN | 81 | 7 | 10.3 | $966K | +1.9% | #65 of 2,339 |
| 4Clark County, IN | 81 | 80 | 15.6 | $621K | +7.5% | #70 of 2,339 |
| 5Boone County, IN | 78 | 57 | 19.8 | $622K | +13.5% | #105 of 2,339 |
| 6DeKalb County, IN | 77 | 27 | 15.8 | $602K | +2.9% | #123 of 2,339 |
| 7Warrick County, IN | 77 | 47 | 18.7 | $582K | +4.4% | #124 of 2,339 |
| 8Parke County, IN | 76 | 7 | 11.4 | $795K | +3.0% | #130 of 2,339 |
| 9Spencer County, IN | 74 | 10 | 12.4 | $767K | +1.2% | #169 of 2,339 |
| 10Hancock County, IN | 74 | 73 | 21.8 | $510K | +13.5% | #192 of 2,339 |
| 51Ripley County, IN | 54 | 25 | 21.7 | $434K | +1.6% | #975 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Ripley 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 Ripley County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 hair salons in Ripley County. 5 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 65 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Ripley County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.9M a year, or $942 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $434K 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 11,531 households in Ripley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ripley County, IN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Ripley County has 21.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $434K, in line with the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,306 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Ripley County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Ripley County at 29,434 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,531 households. Median household income in Ripley County is $70,573, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Ripley County scores 54 for hair salons (upper middle), #975 of 2,339 scored counties.
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