Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Hair salons in the Hemlock Farms, PA area
How the Hemlock Farms, PA 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #32 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 31
- 7 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.5M
- On personal care products and services · $1,011 a household
- Spending per listing
- $791K
- 84% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.8
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,808
- +7.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Hemlock Farms area is 74 (upper middle), #32 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for hair salons.
Households in the Hemlock Farms area spend about $24.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,011 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 31 hair salons, that is $791K per salon, 84% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 31 hair salons on map listings in the Hemlock Farms area as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 23%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 12.8 per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Hemlock Farms area in 2023. That is one for every 1,348 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Hemlock Farms area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Hemlock Farms area compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Hemlock Farms area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.8 | 21.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $791K | $462K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,348 | 1,088 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.2% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,011 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $81,323 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 103
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 55Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 317 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The 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 Hemlock Farms 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 Hemlock Farms area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,808+7.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,262
- Median age
- 48.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 111
- Median household income
- $81,323
- Average household income
- $103,925
- Median home value
- $272,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,281
- Daytime population
- 47,601Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hemlock Farms, PA | 74 | 31 | 12.8 | $791K | +7.2% | #32 of 538 |
| 2Lewistown, PA | 51 | 28 | 15.1 | $567K | 0.0% | #261 of 538 |
| 3Huntingdon, PA | 50 | 25 | 15.3 | $584K | −2.4% | #273 of 538 |
| 4East Stroudsburg, PA | 50 | 128 | 20.9 | $482K | −0.7% | #275 of 538 |
| 5Pottsville, PA | 48 | 121 | 20.9 | $432K | +1.5% | #292 of 538 |
| 6Indiana, PA | 47 | 52 | 16.0 | $534K | −0.3% | #306 of 538 |
| 7Lock Haven, PA | 43 | 31 | 20.1 | $434K | +1.3% | #344 of 538 |
| 8Sayre, PA | 41 | 53 | 21.5 | $416K | −0.6% | #365 of 538 |
| 9Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 41 | 60 | 22.8 | $388K | +2.3% | #369 of 538 |
| 10Oil City, PA | 40 | 36 | 16.8 | $506K | −2.0% | #377 of 538 |
Other business types in the Hemlock Farms 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 spas75
- Hair salons74
- Barbershops94
- Nail salons90
- Spas and skin care81
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Hemlock Farms, PA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 hair salons in the Hemlock Farms area. 7 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 55 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Hemlock Farms, PA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $24.5M a year, or $1,011 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $791K 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 24,262 households in the Hemlock Farms area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hemlock Farms, PA area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Hemlock Farms area has 12.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $791K, 84% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Hemlock Farms area would have about 57, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,348 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hemlock Farms, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Hemlock Farms area at 62,808 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,262 households. Median household income in the Hemlock Farms area is $81,323, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Hemlock Farms area scores 74 for hair salons (upper middle), #32 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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