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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Kansas

Hair salons in the Dodge City, KS area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Dodge City, KS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #385 of 538 scored small-town markets
#7 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas

Listings
31
6 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.2M
On personal care products and services · $950 a household
Spending per listing
$361K
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.3
12% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,993
−0.6% 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 the Dodge City area comes to about $11.2M a year: $950 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 31 hair salons, that is $361K per salon, 16% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 31 hair salons on map listings in the Dodge City area as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 19%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.3, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Dodge City area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,966 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 70 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in the Dodge City area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, the Dodge City area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #385 of 538 scored small-town markets and #7 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.

How the Dodge City area compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Dodge City, KS area compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureDodge City areaKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.321.823.4
Spending per listing$361K$456K$430K
Households per official establishment1,9661,7951,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$950$996$1,005
Median household income$70,781$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score4047

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$387K
One-person businesses, 2023
70Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
316 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The 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 the Dodge City area, 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 the Dodge City area

Population, 2025 estimate
33,993−0.6% since 2020
Households
11,796
Median age
32.9
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,098 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$70,781+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,372
Median home value
$151,100
Jobs located here
16,900
Daytime population
35,172Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Kansas

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Dodge City area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kansas

Small-town markets in Kansas ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1McPherson, KS632218.1$539K−0.4%#117 of 538
2Emporia, KS552517.1$502K+0.4%#211 of 538
3Ottawa, KS552221.1$449K+1.1%#214 of 538
4Arkansas City-Winfield, KS512820.9$416K−0.4%#267 of 538
5Atchison, KS441220.9$419K−0.9%#334 of 538
6Hutchinson, KS446123.8$368K−0.6%#340 of 538
7Dodge City, KS403126.3$361K−0.6%#385 of 538
8Great Bend, KS402524.1$360K−2.5%#386 of 538
9Pittsburg, KS383119.6$423K+0.1%#400 of 538
10Garden City, KS353929.5$331K−2.1%#435 of 538

Other business types in the Dodge City area

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in the Dodge City, KS area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 31 hair salons in the Dodge City area. 6 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 70 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Dodge City, KS area spend on personal care products and services?

About $11.2M a year, or $950 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $361K 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 11,796 households in the Dodge City area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Dodge City, KS area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Dodge City area has 26.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $361K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Dodge City area would have about 26, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,966 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is the Dodge City, KS area growing?

Population estimates put the Dodge City area at 33,993 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,796 households. Median household income in the Dodge City area is $70,781, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Dodge City area scores 40 for hair salons (lower middle), #385 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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