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Hair salons in Wheeler County, NE
How Wheeler County, NE compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $337K
- On personal care products and services · $938 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 789
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Wheeler County spend about $337K a year on personal care products and services, or $938 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no hair salons in Wheeler County. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Wheeler County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Wheeler County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Wheeler County grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Wheeler County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Wheeler County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 21.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $460K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,339 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $938 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $70,250 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 46 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 789+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 359
- Median age
- 54.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.7
- Land area
- 575 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $70,250
- Average household income
- $98,758
- Median home value
- $146,500
- Jobs located here
- 289
- Daytime population
- 752Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Wheeler County?
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for hair salons, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Wheeler County marked.
Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saunders County, NE | 86 | 15 | 16.9 | $641K | +6.0% | #34 of 2,339 |
| 2Sarpy County, NE | 78 | 118 | 15.9 | $727K | +9.0% | #99 of 2,339 |
| 3Seward County, NE | 73 | 11 | 16.2 | $629K | +2.3% | #205 of 2,339 |
| 4Cass County, NE | 70 | 13 | 12.0 | $915K | +3.9% | #273 of 2,339 |
| 5Colfax County, NE | 66 | 8 | 21.6 | $467K | +3.6% | #429 of 2,339 |
| 6Platte County, NE | 62 | 28 | 20.5 | $465K | +3.9% | #604 of 2,339 |
| 7Washington County, NE | 61 | 13 | 15.4 | $715K | +1.8% | #619 of 2,339 |
| 8Dodge County, NE | 55 | 29 | 19.1 | $499K | +2.6% | #910 of 2,339 |
| 9Gage County, NE | 54 | 18 | 19.3 | $476K | +0.2% | #965 of 2,339 |
| 10Saline County, NE | 54 | 12 | 23.3 | $423K | +1.9% | #977 of 2,339 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.1% |
Other business types in Wheeler County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Wheeler County, NE?
There are no hair salons on map listings in Wheeler County as of September 2026. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Wheeler County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wheeler County, NE spend on personal care products and services?
About $337K a year, or $938 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 359 households in Wheeler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wheeler County, NE compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Wheeler County has no hair salons on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Wheeler County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Wheeler County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Wheeler County at 789 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 359 households. Median household income in Wheeler County is $70,250, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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