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Hair salons in Rush County, IN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Rush County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,058 of 2,339 scored counties
#55 of 86 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
12
3 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6M
On personal care products and services · $888 a household
Spending per listing
$499K
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.8
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,767
0.0% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Rush County comes to about $6M a year: $888 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 hair salons, that is $499K per salon, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Rush County has 12 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations, 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 Rush County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 45 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rush County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Rush County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,058 of 2,339 scored counties and #55 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.

How Rush 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 Rush County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureRush CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.821.123.4
Spending per listing$499K$460K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,8891,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.1%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$888$971$1,005
Median household income$66,473$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5251

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
45Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
123 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Rush 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 Rush County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,7670.0% since 2020
Households
6,746
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
408 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$66,473+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,804
Median home value
$166,800
Jobs located here
4,803
Daytime population
13,679Residents 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 Rush 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
55Rush County, IN521217.8$499K0.0%#1,058 of 2,339

Other business types in Rush County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Rush County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 hair salons in Rush County. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Rush County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 45 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $6M a year, or $888 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $499K 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 6,746 households in Rush County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Rush County has 17.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $499K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Rush County would have about 14, against 12 on map listings.

How fast is Rush County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Rush County at 16,767 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,746 households. Median household income in Rush County is $66,473, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. Rush County scores 52 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,058 of 2,339 scored counties.

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