Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Michigan
Hair salons in the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area
How the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #379 of 538 scored small-town markets
#15 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 31
- 8 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.7M
- On personal care products and services · $899 a household
- Spending per listing
- $409K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.0
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,575
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Iron Mountain area comes to about $12.7M a year: $899 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $409K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Iron Mountain area has 31 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.0, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Iron Mountain area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,282 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 62 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Iron Mountain area grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Iron Mountain area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #379 of 538 scored small-town markets and #15 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Iron Mountain area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Iron Mountain area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.0 | 21.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $409K | $464K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,282 | 1,879 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $899 | $986 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $64,552 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $852K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 62Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 318 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Iron Mountain 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 Iron Mountain area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,575+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 14,102
- Median age
- 47.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,249 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $64,552+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,223
- Median home value
- $157,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,062
- Daytime population
- 33,133Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for hair salons, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Iron Mountain area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holland, MI | 80 | 58 | 12.7 | $807K | +2.1% | #11 of 538 |
| 2Houghton, MI | 80 | 22 | 14.2 | $628K | +1.8% | #12 of 538 |
| 3Coldwater, MI | 65 | 31 | 18.3 | $486K | +2.5% | #94 of 538 |
| 4Big Rapids, MI | 63 | 27 | 16.2 | $535K | +4.7% | #118 of 538 |
| 5Marquette, MI | 62 | 49 | 17.3 | $522K | +2.3% | #127 of 538 |
| 6Adrian, MI | 62 | 71 | 18.3 | $516K | −1.6% | #128 of 538 |
| 7Hillsdale, MI | 62 | 32 | 17.9 | $505K | 0.0% | #130 of 538 |
| 8Alma, MI | 58 | 26 | 17.6 | $508K | −1.1% | #170 of 538 |
| Marinette, WI-MI | 57 | 54 | 18.4 | $480K | +0.3% | #186 of 538 |
| 9Owosso, MI | 57 | 57 | 20.3 | $455K | −0.4% | #188 of 538 |
| 15Iron Mountain, MI-WI | 40 | 31 | 22.0 | $409K | +0.4% | #379 of 538 |
Other business types in the Iron Mountain area
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
- Salons, barbers and spas56
- Hair salons40
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care73
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 hair salons in the Iron Mountain area. 8 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 62 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area spend on personal care products and services?
About $12.7M a year, or $899 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $409K 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 14,102 households in the Iron Mountain area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Iron Mountain area has 22.0 hair salons per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $409K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Iron Mountain area would have about 30, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,282 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area growing?
Population estimates put the Iron Mountain area at 30,575 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,102 households. Median household income in the Iron Mountain area is $64,552, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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 Iron Mountain area scores 40 for hair salons (lower middle), #379 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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