Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · New York
Hair salons in the Corning, NY area
How the Corning, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #407 of 538 scored small-town markets
#14 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York
- Listings
- 99
- 14 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.6M
- On personal care products and services · $909 a household
- Spending per listing
- $360K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.2
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,855
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Corning area is 38 (lower middle), #407 of 538 scored small-town markets and #14 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 99 hair salons in the Corning area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 25.2 for every 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Corning area comes to about $35.6M a year: $909 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $360K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 16% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Corning area was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 2,307 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $482K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Corning area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Corning area declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Corning area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Corning area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.2 | 21.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $360K | $495K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,307 | 1,081 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $909 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,887 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 213Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9914 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 83The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $482K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Corning area, 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 the Corning area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,855−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 39,219
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,391 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 67
- Median household income
- $65,887+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,852
- Median home value
- $137,900
- Jobs located here
- 35,180
- Daytime population
- 89,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Monticello, NY | 85 | 35 | 11.1 | $879K | +2.7% | #2 of 538 |
| 2Oneonta, NY | 85 | 39 | 16.8 | $550K | +3.8% | #3 of 538 |
| 3Amsterdam, NY | 66 | 36 | 18.4 | $489K | +1.1% | #83 of 538 |
| 4Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 65 | 72 | 17.3 | $508K | −2.5% | #92 of 538 |
| 5Hudson, NY | 64 | 38 | 14.3 | $735K | −2.1% | #102 of 538 |
| 6Seneca Falls, NY | 63 | 24 | 17.6 | $513K | −1.7% | #119 of 538 |
| 7Auburn, NY | 61 | 61 | 19.4 | $473K | −2.3% | #141 of 538 |
| 8Gloversville, NY | 60 | 31 | 13.6 | $662K | −1.6% | #149 of 538 |
| 9Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 60 | 92 | 17.2 | $493K | −2.6% | #151 of 538 |
| 10Batavia, NY | 56 | 55 | 22.1 | $423K | +0.2% | #202 of 538 |
| 14Corning, NY | 38 | 99 | 25.2 | $360K | −1.6% | #407 of 538 |
Other business types in the Corning area
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 spas49
- Hair salons38
- Barbershops60
- Nail salons74
- Spas and skin care62
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Corning, NY area?
The Corning area has 99 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 213 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Corning, NY area spend on personal care products and services?
About $35.6M a year, or $909 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 99 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $360K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,219 households in the Corning area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Corning, NY area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Corning area has 25.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $360K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Corning area would have about 83, against 99 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,307 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Corning, NY area growing?
Population estimates put the Corning area at 91,855 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 39,219 households. The median household income in the Corning area is $65,887 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Corning area scores 38 for hair salons (lower middle), #407 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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