Beauty and personal care · County · Iowa
Hair salons in Hancock County, IA
How Hancock County, IA 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,001 of 2,339 scored counties
#20 of 72 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.3M
- On personal care products and services · $918 a household
- Spending per listing
- $536K
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.1
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,528
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 hair salons in Hancock County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.1, 27% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Hancock County comes to about $4.3M a year: $918 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 hair salons, that is $536K per salon, 25% 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 Hancock County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hancock County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Hancock County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,001 of 2,339 scored counties and #20 of 72 scored counties in Iowa.
How Hancock County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Hancock County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.1 | 23.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $536K | $422K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,653 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $918 | $990 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,601 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 39 |
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
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Hancock 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 Hancock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,528−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,673
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $70,601+14.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,692
- Median home value
- $141,400
- Jobs located here
- 6,063
- Daytime population
- 11,446Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for hair salons, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Hancock County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, IA | 82 | 12 | 11.8 | $882K | +1.8% | #59 of 2,339 |
| 2Madison County, IA | 79 | 9 | 13.4 | $787K | +3.8% | #90 of 2,339 |
| 3Warren County, IA | 76 | 33 | 16.0 | $685K | +9.0% | #135 of 2,339 |
| 4Delaware County, IA | 72 | 10 | 13.6 | $717K | +1.3% | #230 of 2,339 |
| 5Dallas County, IA | 70 | 98 | 23.1 | $517K | +17.8% | #297 of 2,339 |
| 6Guthrie County, IA | 67 | 9 | 19.6 | $515K | +1.6% | #397 of 2,339 |
| 7Marion County, IA | 65 | 23 | 17.3 | $581K | +2.3% | #445 of 2,339 |
| 8Mills County, IA | 65 | 11 | 20.4 | $526K | +2.6% | #451 of 2,339 |
| 9Jones County, IA | 64 | 15 | 18.3 | $524K | +2.9% | #497 of 2,339 |
| 10Marshall County, IA | 64 | 28 | 18.1 | $520K | −0.5% | #498 of 2,339 |
| 20Hancock County, IA | 53 | 8 | 17.1 | $536K | −2.2% | #1,001 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Hancock 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 Hancock County, IA?
There are 8 hair salons on map listings in Hancock County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Hancock County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hancock County, IA spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.3M a year, or $918 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $536K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,673 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hancock County, IA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Hancock County has 17.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $536K, 25% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Hancock County would have about 10, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Hancock County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Hancock County at 10,528 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,673 households. The median household income in Hancock County is $70,601 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.3% 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. Hancock County scores 53 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,001 of 2,339 scored counties.
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