Beauty and personal care · County · Mississippi
Hair salons in Wayne County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Wayne County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 10 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,310 of 2,339 scored counties
#56 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 23
- 7 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.2M
- On personal care products and services · $681 a household
- Spending per listing
- $227K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.9
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,807
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Wayne County is 10 (low), #2,310 of 2,339 scored counties and #56 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 hair salons in Wayne County. 7 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.9, 28% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Wayne County spend about $5.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $681 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That is about $227K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 47% 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 Wayne County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Wayne County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wayne 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 | Wayne County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.9 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $227K | $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 | 0.0% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $681 | $788 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $37,619 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 10 | 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
- 119Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 237 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,8070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,681
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 811 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $37,619−0.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,777
- Median home value
- $91,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,625
- Daytime population
- 16,686Residents 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 |
| 56Wayne County, MS | 10 | 23 | 29.9 | $227K | 0.0% | #2,310 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Wayne 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Wayne County, MS?
There are 23 hair salons on map listings in Wayne County as of September 2026. 7 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Wayne County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 119 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wayne County, MS spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.2M a year, or $681 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $227K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,681 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wayne County, MS compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Wayne County has 29.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $227K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Wayne County would have about 12, against 23 on map listings.
How fast is Wayne County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Wayne County at 19,807 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,681 households. The median household income in Wayne County is $37,619 a year, 53% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 0.2% 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. Wayne County scores 10 for hair salons (low), #2,310 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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