Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Hair salons in Starke County, IN
How Starke 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #473 of 2,339 scored counties
#25 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.7M
- On personal care products and services · $862 a household
- Spending per listing
- $774K
- 80% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.1
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,425
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 hair salons in Starke County. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 11.1 for every 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Starke County comes to about $7.7M a year: $862 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $774K per salon, 80% 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 Starke County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 40 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Starke County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Starke County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #473 of 2,339 scored counties and #25 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Starke 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 | Starke County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.1 | 21.1 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $774K | $460K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,889 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $862 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $63,960 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 51 |
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
- 40Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Starke 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 Starke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,425+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,983
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $63,960+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,205
- Median home value
- $157,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,099
- Daytime population
- 17,225Residents 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 |
| 25Starke County, IN | 64 | 10 | 11.1 | $774K | +0.1% | #473 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Starke 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 Starke County, IN?
Starke County has 10 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Starke County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 40 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Starke County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.7M a year, or $862 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $774K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,983 households in Starke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Starke County, IN compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Starke County has 11.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $774K, 80% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Starke County would have about 18, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Starke County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Starke County at 23,425 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,983 households. The median household income in Starke County is $63,960 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Starke County scores 64 for hair salons (upper middle), #473 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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