Beauty and personal care · County · Oregon
Hair salons in Wasco County, OR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Wasco County, OR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,545 of 2,339 scored counties
#29 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 20
- 2 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.5M
- On personal care products and services · $900 a household
- Spending per listing
- $475K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.9
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,310
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Wasco County spend about $9.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $900 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $475K per salon, 10% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Wasco County has 20 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 18.9 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Wasco County in 2023. That is one for every 1,509 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 52 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Wasco County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Wasco County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,545 of 2,339 scored counties and #29 of 29 scored counties in Oregon.
How Wasco County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Wasco County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.9 | 20.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $475K | $501K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,509 | 2,148 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $900 | $1,036 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $64,175 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $455K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 52Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 202 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 Wasco 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 Wasco County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,310−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,563
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $64,175+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,059
- Median home value
- $367,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,091
- Daytime population
- 24,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbia County, OR | 87 | 22 | 10.5 | $965K | +2.6% | #24 of 2,339 |
| 2Jefferson County, OR | 80 | 13 | 14.7 | $651K | +4.7% | #78 of 2,339 |
| 3Crook County, OR | 80 | 21 | 19.5 | $522K | +10.6% | #82 of 2,339 |
| 4Benton County, OR | 79 | 53 | 13.8 | $734K | +4.4% | #91 of 2,339 |
| 5Polk County, OR | 77 | 47 | 14.2 | $727K | +2.3% | #117 of 2,339 |
| 6Yamhill County, OR | 74 | 73 | 18.6 | $562K | +2.2% | #188 of 2,339 |
| 7Morrow County, OR | 70 | 7 | 16.2 | $573K | +3.1% | #287 of 2,339 |
| 8Washington County, OR | 69 | 445 | 18.9 | $627K | +1.8% | #315 of 2,339 |
| 9Coos County, OR | 66 | 44 | 15.3 | $579K | −1.5% | #418 of 2,339 |
| 10Clackamas County, OR | 66 | 329 | 20.1 | $578K | +0.9% | #419 of 2,339 |
| 29Wasco County, OR | 42 | 20 | 18.9 | $475K | −1.1% | #1,545 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Wasco 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 spas43
- Hair salons42
- Barbershops32
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care45
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Wasco County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 hair salons in Wasco County. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 52 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wasco County, OR spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.5M a year, or $900 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $475K 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 10,563 households in Wasco County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wasco County, OR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Wasco County has 18.9 hair salons per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $475K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Wasco County would have about 22, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,509 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Wasco County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Wasco County at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. Median household income in Wasco County is $64,175, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. Wasco County scores 42 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,545 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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