Beauty and personal care · County · New Mexico
Hair salons in Sierra County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Sierra County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,147 of 2,339 scored counties
#18 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.9M
- On personal care products and services · $717 a household
- Spending per listing
- $780K
- 81% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,395
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $717 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Sierra County spend about $3.9M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 5 hair salons, that is $780K per salon, 81% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 5 hair salons on map listings in Sierra County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.2, 61% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Sierra County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $63K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Sierra County.
Population estimates show Sierra County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Sierra County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,147 of 2,339 scored counties and #18 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Sierra County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Sierra County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 17.2 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $780K | $530K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,313 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $717 | $913 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $41,600 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 59 |
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
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $63K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Sierra 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 Sierra County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,395−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,440
- Median age
- 53.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 4,181 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $41,600+39.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $54,369
- Median home value
- $152,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,194
- Daytime population
- 10,971Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 89 | 65 | 11.4 | $909K | +6.9% | #15 of 2,339 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 74 | 42 | 15.2 | $570K | +7.2% | #185 of 2,339 |
| 3Lea County, NM | 71 | 41 | 16.6 | $561K | +0.2% | #263 of 2,339 |
| 4Otero County, NM | 70 | 39 | 15.9 | $536K | +3.7% | #292 of 2,339 |
| 5Los Alamos County, NM | 68 | 15 | 18.2 | $753K | 0.0% | #342 of 2,339 |
| 6Doña Ana County, NM | 66 | 131 | 15.4 | $550K | +4.1% | #422 of 2,339 |
| 7Taos County, NM | 64 | 25 | 16.1 | $545K | +0.3% | #492 of 2,339 |
| 8Rio Arriba County, NM | 63 | 10 | 6.4 | $1.4M | −1.0% | #514 of 2,339 |
| 9San Juan County, NM | 59 | 68 | 16.3 | $525K | −0.9% | #731 of 2,339 |
| 10Curry County, NM | 56 | 30 | 16.1 | $521K | −3.5% | #864 of 2,339 |
| 18Sierra County, NM | 50 | 5 | 9.2 | $780K | −1.4% | #1,147 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Sierra 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 spas28
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care15
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Sierra County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 hair salons in Sierra County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Sierra County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Sierra County, NM spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.9M a year, or $717 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $780K 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 5,440 households in Sierra County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sierra County, NM compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Sierra County has 9.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $780K, 81% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Sierra County would have about 9, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Sierra County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Sierra County at 11,395 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,440 households. Median household income in Sierra County is $41,600, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.8%, 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. Sierra County scores 50 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,147 of 2,339 scored counties.
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