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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Pennsylvania

Hair salons in the Hermitage, PA area

The hair salons in the Hermitage, PA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #443 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania

Listings
92
19 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
46
−11.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$40.3M
On personal care products and services · $866 a household
Spending per listing
$438K
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.8
15% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
107,860
−2.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Hermitage area scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #443 of 538 scored small-town markets and #12 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 92 hair salons in the Hermitage area. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 19.8 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in the Hermitage area spend about $40.3M a year on personal care products and services, or $866 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $438K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 46 businesses with payroll in the Hermitage area classed as beauty salons, down 11.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,011 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hermitage area declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Hermitage 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.

Hair salons in Hermitage, PA area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureHermitage areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.821.723.4
Spending per listing$438K$462K$430K
Households per official establishment1,0111,0881,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−11.5%+0.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$866$1,004$1,005
Median household income$59,976$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score3437

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
46−11.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
225
Annual payroll, 2023
$4M
One-person businesses, 2023
116Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9219 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
94The 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 Hermitage 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 Hermitage area

Population, 2025 estimate
107,860−2.4% since 2020
Households
46,524
Median age
45.1
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
673 sq. mi.
People per square mile
162
Median household income
$59,976
Average household income
$79,358
Median home value
$164,000
Jobs located here
42,473
Daytime population
106,817Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Pennsylvania for hair salons, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Hermitage area marked.

Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania

Small-town markets in Pennsylvania ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hemlock Farms, PA743112.8$791K+7.2%#32 of 538
2Lewistown, PA512815.1$567K0.0%#261 of 538
3Huntingdon, PA502515.3$584K−2.4%#273 of 538
4East Stroudsburg, PA5012820.9$482K−0.7%#275 of 538
5Pottsville, PA4812120.9$432K+1.5%#292 of 538
6Indiana, PA475216.0$534K−0.3%#306 of 538
7Lock Haven, PA433120.1$434K+1.3%#344 of 538
8Sayre, PA415321.5$416K−0.6%#365 of 538
9Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA416022.8$388K+2.3%#369 of 538
10Oil City, PA403616.8$506K−2.0%#377 of 538
12Hermitage, PA349219.8$438K−2.4%#443 of 538

Other business types in the Hermitage area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in the Hermitage, PA area?

There are 92 hair salons on map listings in the Hermitage area as of September 2026. 19 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 11.5% from 2019. Official counts list 116 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Hermitage, PA area spend on personal care products and services?

About $40.3M a year, or $866 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 92 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $438K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,524 households in the Hermitage area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hermitage, PA area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Hermitage area has 19.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $438K, 2% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Hermitage area would have about 94, against 92 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,011 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Hermitage, PA area growing?

Population estimates put the Hermitage area at 107,860 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 46,524 households. The median household income in the Hermitage area is $59,976 a year, 26% below 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 Hermitage area scores 34 for hair salons (lower middle), #443 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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