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Hair salons in Marion County, MS

How Marion 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 17 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,259 of 2,339 scored counties
#47 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
18
6 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.5M
On personal care products and services · $712 a household
Spending per listing
$361K
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.7
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,001
−1.5% 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

Marion County scores 17 (low) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #2,259 of 2,339 scored counties and #47 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Marion County spend about $6.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $712 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 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.

Marion County has 18 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 19.7 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Marion County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Marion County declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Marion 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 Marion County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureMarion CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.722.023.4
Spending per listing$361K$358K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a3,7931,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.7%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$712$788$1,005
Median household income$45,110$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score1732

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
76Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
186 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Marion 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 Marion County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,001−1.5% since 2020
Households
9,122
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
542 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$45,110+40.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$65,099
Median home value
$122,800
Jobs located here
8,594
Daytime population
24,296Residents 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 Marion 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
47Marion County, MS171819.7$361K−1.5%#2,259 of 2,339

Other business types in Marion County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Marion County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 hair salons in Marion County. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Marion County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 76 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $6.5M a year, or $712 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 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 9,122 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Marion County has 19.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 16% below 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, Marion County would have about 15, against 18 on map listings.

How fast is Marion County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Marion County at 24,001 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,122 households. Median household income in Marion County is $45,110, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.6%, 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. Marion County scores 17 for hair salons (low), #2,259 of 2,339 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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