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Hair salons in Tioga County, PA

How Tioga County, PA 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,542 of 2,339 scored counties
#33 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
28
2 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.8M
On personal care products and services · $887 a household
Spending per listing
$529K
23% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.8
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
40,502
−1.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 hair salons in Tioga County. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 16.8 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Tioga County spend about $14.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $887 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 hair salons, that is $529K per salon, 23% 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.

Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Tioga County in 2023. That is one for every 1,192 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 48 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Tioga County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, Tioga County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,542 of 2,339 scored counties and #33 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania.

How Tioga County 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 Tioga County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureTioga CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.821.723.4
Spending per listing$529K$462K$430K
Households per official establishment1,1921,0881,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$887$1,004$1,005
Median household income$64,899$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score4237

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 14
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$800K
One-person businesses, 2023
48Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
282 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The 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
40,502−1.3% since 2020
Households
16,687
Median age
45.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,134 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$64,899+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,543
Median home value
$181,100
Jobs located here
12,172
Daytime population
36,724Residents 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 counties in Pennsylvania for hair salons, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Tioga County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Perry County, PA743016.4$599K+2.1%#180 of 2,339
2Pike County, PA723112.8$791K+7.2%#226 of 2,339
3Adams County, PA697017.1$592K+3.6%#322 of 2,339
4Chester County, PA6740419.7$652K+4.2%#385 of 2,339
5Susquehanna County, PA632516.1$578K−0.3%#529 of 2,339
6York County, PA6035819.7$518K+3.6%#677 of 2,339
7Carbon County, PA584014.7$620K+1.7%#763 of 2,339
8Fulton County, PA571015.8$570K−0.6%#804 of 2,339
9Butler County, PA5517621.8$488K+3.2%#913 of 2,339
10Delaware County, PA5445020.7$528K+0.8%#948 of 2,339
33Tioga County, PA422816.8$529K−1.3%#1,542 of 2,339

Other business types in Tioga County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Tioga County, PA?

There are 28 hair salons on map listings in Tioga County as of September 2026. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 48 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Tioga County, PA spend on personal care products and services?

About $14.8M a year, or $887 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $529K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,687 households in Tioga County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Tioga County, PA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Tioga County has 16.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $529K, 23% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Tioga County would have about 34, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,192 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Tioga County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Tioga County at 40,502 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,687 households. The median household income in Tioga County is $64,899 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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 42 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,542 of 2,339 scored counties.

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