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Beauty and personal care · County · Mississippi

Hair salons in Alcorn County, MS

How Alcorn County, MS 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 16 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,267 of 2,339 scored counties
#49 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
33
5 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10.6M
On personal care products and services · $735 a household
Spending per listing
$322K
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.8
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,569
−0.5% 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

Alcorn County scores 16 (low) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #2,267 of 2,339 scored counties and #49 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 33 hair salons in Alcorn County. 5 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 22.8 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Alcorn County spend about $10.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $735 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That works out to $322K per salon, 25% below 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 Alcorn County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Alcorn County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Alcorn County compares

The same measures for Mississippi 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 Alcorn County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureAlcorn CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.822.023.4
Spending per listing$322K$358K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a3,7931,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.7%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$735$788$1,005
Median household income$51,260$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score1632

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
99Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
335 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The 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 Alcorn 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 Alcorn County

Population, 2025 estimate
34,569−0.5% since 2020
Households
14,456
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
400 sq. mi.
People per square mile
86
Median household income
$51,260+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,932
Median home value
$142,100
Jobs located here
13,226
Daytime population
34,082Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for hair salons, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Alcorn County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marshall County, MS6696.8$1.1M+2.6%#405 of 2,339
2DeSoto County, MS5617624.8$378K+6.3%#897 of 2,339
3Jackson County, MS5412722.0$383K+3.0%#986 of 2,339
4Walthall County, MS53611.3$653K+0.4%#994 of 2,339
5Smith County, MS52610.7$709K−1.5%#1,040 of 2,339
6Itawamba County, MS521414.6$540K+1.3%#1,050 of 2,339
7Pearl River County, MS514922.4$352K+5.6%#1,142 of 2,339
8Hancock County, MS504622.7$374K+1.6%#1,203 of 2,339
9Scott County, MS491414.5$487K+0.4%#1,225 of 2,339
10Tate County, MS491917.2$476K+2.1%#1,228 of 2,339
49Alcorn County, MS163322.8$322K−0.5%#2,267 of 2,339

Other business types in Alcorn County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Alcorn County, MS?

Alcorn County has 33 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Alcorn County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 99 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Alcorn County, MS spend on personal care products and services?

About $10.6M a year, or $735 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $322K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,456 households in Alcorn County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Alcorn County, MS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Alcorn County has 22.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $322K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Alcorn County would have about 25, against 33 on map listings.

How fast is Alcorn County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Alcorn County at 34,569 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,456 households. The median household income in Alcorn County is $51,260 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.8% 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. Alcorn County scores 16 for hair salons (low), #2,267 of 2,339 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for hair salons · All 56 business types in Alcorn County

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