Beauty and personal care · County · Mississippi
Hair salons in Panola County, MS
How Panola 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 13 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,291 of 2,339 scored counties
#53 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 28
- 8 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On personal care products and services · $729 a household
- Spending per listing
- $321K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.7
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,691
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Panola County scores 13 (low) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #2,291 of 2,339 scored counties and #53 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Panola County spend about $9M a year on personal care products and services, or $729 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $321K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Panola County has 28 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 22.7 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Panola County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Panola County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Panola 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 | Panola County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.7 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $321K | $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 | −1.4% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $729 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $45,945 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 13 | 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
- 202Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 288 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Panola 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 Panola County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,691−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,312
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 685 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $45,945+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,388
- Median home value
- $127,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,394
- Daytime population
- 28,953Residents 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 |
| 53Panola County, MS | 13 | 28 | 22.7 | $321K | −1.4% | #2,291 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Panola 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 spas17
- Hair salons13
- Barbershops9
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Panola County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 hair salons in Panola County. 8 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Panola County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 202 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Panola County, MS spend on personal care products and services?
About $9M a year, or $729 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $321K 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 12,312 households in Panola County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Panola County, MS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Panola County has 22.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $321K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Panola County would have about 21, against 28 on map listings.
How fast is Panola County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Panola County at 32,691 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,312 households. Median household income in Panola County is $45,945, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.0%, 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. Panola County scores 13 for hair salons (low), #2,291 of 2,339 scored counties.
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