Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · North Dakota
Hair salons in the Wahpeton, ND-MN area
How the Wahpeton, ND-MN 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #60 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in North Dakota
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On personal care products and services · $977 a household
- Spending per listing
- $580K
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.8
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,019
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Wahpeton area spend about $9.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $977 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 hair salons, that is $580K per salon, 35% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 16 hair salons on map listings in the Wahpeton area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 16.8 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Wahpeton area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 2,376 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 43 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Wahpeton area from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Wahpeton area scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #60 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in North Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Wahpeton area compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Wahpeton area | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.8 | 23.8 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $580K | $421K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,376 | 1,379 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $977 | $1,002 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $73,734 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $325K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 43Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 the Wahpeton 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 Wahpeton area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,0190.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,504
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,187 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $73,734+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,848
- Median home value
- $183,300
- Jobs located here
- 9,601
- Daytime population
- 21,383Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Dakota for hair salons, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with the Wahpeton area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wahpeton, ND-MN | 69 | 16 | 16.8 | $580K | 0.0% | #60 of 538 |
| 2Williston, ND | 67 | 28 | 18.5 | $584K | +1.4% | #77 of 538 |
| 3Dickinson, ND | 58 | 33 | 21.3 | $478K | +0.7% | #173 of 538 |
| 4Jamestown, ND | 23 | 29 | 30.7 | $296K | −0.6% | #508 of 538 |
Other business types in the Wahpeton 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 spas72
- Hair salons69
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care75
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Wahpeton, ND-MN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 hair salons in the Wahpeton area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 43 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Wahpeton, ND-MN area spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.3M a year, or $977 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $580K 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 9,504 households in the Wahpeton area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wahpeton, ND-MN area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Wahpeton area has 16.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $580K, 35% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Wahpeton area would have about 22, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,376 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Wahpeton, ND-MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Wahpeton area at 23,019 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,504 households. Median household income in the Wahpeton area is $73,734, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.6%, 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 Wahpeton area scores 69 for hair salons (upper middle), #60 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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