Beauty and personal care · County · Mississippi
Hair salons in Bolivar County, MS
The hair salons in Bolivar County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,245 of 2,339 scored counties
#45 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 22
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8M
- On personal care products and services · $674 a household
- Spending per listing
- $365K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.5
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,262
- −8.3% since 2020
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What this means
Bolivar County scores 18 (low) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #2,245 of 2,339 scored counties and #45 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Bolivar County comes to about $8M a year: $674 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. That works out to $365K per salon, 15% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Bolivar County has 22 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.5, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Bolivar County classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 1,702 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Bolivar County from 2020 to 2025 at −8.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bolivar 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.
| Measure | Bolivar County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.5 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $365K | $358K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,702 | 3,793 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.7% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −8.3% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $674 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $39,585 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $196K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 165Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 221 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Bolivar 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 Bolivar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,262−8.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,915
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 877 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $39,585+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,985
- Median home value
- $130,000
- Jobs located here
- 10,627
- Daytime population
- 29,215Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marshall County, MS | 66 | 9 | 6.8 | $1.1M | +2.6% | #405 of 2,339 |
| 2DeSoto County, MS | 56 | 176 | 24.8 | $378K | +6.3% | #897 of 2,339 |
| 3Jackson County, MS | 54 | 127 | 22.0 | $383K | +3.0% | #986 of 2,339 |
| 4Walthall County, MS | 53 | 6 | 11.3 | $653K | +0.4% | #994 of 2,339 |
| 5Smith County, MS | 52 | 6 | 10.7 | $709K | −1.5% | #1,040 of 2,339 |
| 6Itawamba County, MS | 52 | 14 | 14.6 | $540K | +1.3% | #1,050 of 2,339 |
| 7Pearl River County, MS | 51 | 49 | 22.4 | $352K | +5.6% | #1,142 of 2,339 |
| 8Hancock County, MS | 50 | 46 | 22.7 | $374K | +1.6% | #1,203 of 2,339 |
| 9Scott County, MS | 49 | 14 | 14.5 | $487K | +0.4% | #1,225 of 2,339 |
| 10Tate County, MS | 49 | 19 | 17.2 | $476K | +2.1% | #1,228 of 2,339 |
| 45Bolivar County, MS | 18 | 22 | 18.5 | $365K | −8.3% | #2,245 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Bolivar 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
- Salons, barbers and spas18
- Hair salons18
- Barbershops
- Nail salons18
- Spas and skin care16
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Bolivar County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 hair salons in Bolivar County. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 165 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bolivar County, MS spend on personal care products and services?
About $8M a year, or $674 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $365K 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 11,915 households in Bolivar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bolivar County, MS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Bolivar County has 18.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $365K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Bolivar County would have about 19, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,702 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Bolivar County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Bolivar County at 28,262 people in 2025, down 8.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,915 households. Median household income in Bolivar County is $39,585, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.6%, 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. Bolivar County scores 18 for hair salons (low), #2,245 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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