Beauty and personal care · County · New York
Hair salons in Tioga County, NY
How Tioga County, NY 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #627 of 2,339 scored counties
#18 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 33
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $19.4M
- On personal care products and services · $954 a household
- Spending per listing
- $588K
- 37% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.2
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,453
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 hair salons in Tioga County. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 16.2 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Tioga County spend about $19.4M a year on personal care products and services, or $954 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $588K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 37% above 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 Tioga County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 92 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tioga County declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Tioga County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #627 of 2,339 scored counties and #18 of 61 scored counties in New York.
How Tioga County 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 | Tioga County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.2 | 21.6 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $588K | $495K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,081 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $954 | $1,070 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $72,739 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 43 |
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
- 92Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 331 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 Tioga 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 Tioga County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,453−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 20,347
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 519 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $72,739+15.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,660
- Median home value
- $160,800
- Jobs located here
- 12,724
- Daytime population
- 39,149Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sullivan County, NY | 82 | 35 | 11.1 | $879K | +2.7% | #60 of 2,339 |
| 2Otsego County, NY | 77 | 39 | 16.8 | $550K | +3.8% | #126 of 2,339 |
| 3Rensselaer County, NY | 76 | 99 | 14.8 | $696K | −0.2% | #134 of 2,339 |
| 4Schenectady County, NY | 76 | 117 | 17.5 | $574K | +3.0% | #145 of 2,339 |
| 5Wayne County, NY | 72 | 52 | 13.5 | $696K | +0.1% | #232 of 2,339 |
| 6Tompkins County, NY | 71 | 63 | 14.6 | $679K | −1.4% | #256 of 2,339 |
| 7Ulster County, NY | 69 | 114 | 15.3 | $685K | +1.1% | #308 of 2,339 |
| 8Schoharie County, NY | 68 | 23 | 17.9 | $522K | +1.4% | #364 of 2,339 |
| 9Yates County, NY | 67 | 13 | 13.7 | $695K | −0.8% | #383 of 2,339 |
| 10Columbia County, NY | 64 | 38 | 14.3 | $735K | −2.1% | #474 of 2,339 |
| 18Tioga County, NY | 61 | 33 | 16.2 | $588K | −1.9% | #627 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Tioga 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 spas63
- Hair salons61
- Barbershops61
- Nail salons
- 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 Tioga County, NY?
There are 33 hair salons on map listings in Tioga County as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Tioga County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 92 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Tioga County, NY spend on personal care products and services?
About $19.4M a year, or $954 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $588K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,347 households in Tioga County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tioga County, NY compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Tioga County has 16.2 hair salons per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $588K, 37% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Tioga County would have about 45, against 33 on map listings.
How fast is Tioga County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Tioga County at 47,453 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,347 households. The median household income in Tioga County is $72,739 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.5% 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. Tioga County scores 61 for hair salons (upper middle), #627 of 2,339 scored counties.
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