Beauty and personal care · County · Mississippi
Hair salons in Lincoln County, MS
How Lincoln 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 15 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,279 of 2,339 scored counties
#52 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 42
- 7 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.1M
- On personal care products and services · $766 a household
- Spending per listing
- $240K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.9
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,012
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Lincoln County is 15 (low), #2,279 of 2,339 scored counties and #52 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 hair salons in Lincoln County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 31.9 per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Lincoln County comes to about $10.1M a year: $766 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $240K per salon, 44% 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 Lincoln County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Lincoln County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lincoln 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 | Lincoln County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.9 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $240K | $358K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,793 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.7% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $766 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $51,119 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 15 | 32 |
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
- 137Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 427 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,012+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 13,158
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 586 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $51,119+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,564
- Median home value
- $155,800
- Jobs located here
- 13,891
- Daytime population
- 33,849Residents 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 |
| 52Lincoln County, MS | 15 | 42 | 31.9 | $240K | +0.5% | #2,279 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Lincoln 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 spas33
- Hair salons15
- Barbershops29
- Nail salons41
- Spas and skin care34
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Lincoln County, MS?
There are 42 hair salons on map listings in Lincoln County as of September 2026. 7 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Lincoln County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 137 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lincoln County, MS spend on personal care products and services?
About $10.1M a year, or $766 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $240K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,158 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lincoln County, MS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Lincoln County has 31.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $240K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Lincoln County would have about 23, against 42 on map listings.
How fast is Lincoln County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Lincoln County at 35,012 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,158 households. The median household income in Lincoln County is $51,119 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.0% 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. Lincoln County scores 15 for hair salons (low), #2,279 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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