Beauty and personal care · County · Iowa
Hair salons in Winnebago County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Winnebago County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,820 of 2,339 scored counties
#51 of 72 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.2M
- On personal care products and services · $911 a household
- Spending per listing
- $423K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.5
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,251
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Winnebago County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,820 of 2,339 scored counties and #51 of 72 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $911 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Winnebago County spend about $4.2M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $423K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 10 hair salons on map listings in Winnebago County as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 21.5 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Winnebago County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Winnebago County declined 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Winnebago 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 | Winnebago County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.5 | 23.5 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $423K | $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 | −3.8% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $911 | $990 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $67,642 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 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
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 102 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 Winnebago 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 Winnebago County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,251−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,641
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 401 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $67,642+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,071
- Median home value
- $135,000
- Jobs located here
- 3,897
- Daytime population
- 9,377Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 51Winnebago County, IA | 36 | 10 | 21.5 | $423K | −3.8% | #1,820 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Winnebago 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 Winnebago County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 hair salons in Winnebago County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Winnebago County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Winnebago County, IA spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.2M a year, or $911 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $423K 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 4,641 households in Winnebago County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Winnebago County, IA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Winnebago County has 21.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $423K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending.
How fast is Winnebago County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Winnebago County at 10,251 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,641 households. Median household income in Winnebago County is $67,642, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.6%, 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. Winnebago County scores 36 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,820 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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