Beauty and personal care · County · South Dakota
Hair salons in Codington County, SD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Codington County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,888 of 2,339 scored counties
#16 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 39
- 7 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.7M
- On personal care products and services · $936 a household
- Spending per listing
- $301K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.1
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,562
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
For hair salons, Codington County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,888 of 2,339 scored counties and #16 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 hair salons in Codington County. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 31.1, 33% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Households in Codington County spend about $11.7M a year on personal care products and services, or $936 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 39 hair salons, that is $301K per salon, 30% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Codington County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,253 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Codington County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Codington County compares
The same measures for South 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 | Codington County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.1 | 20.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $301K | $492K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,253 | 2,285 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $936 | $983 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $72,727 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 46
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 78Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 397 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Codington 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 Codington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,562+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,526
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 688 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $72,727+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,805
- Median home value
- $237,700
- Jobs located here
- 16,302
- Daytime population
- 29,337Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, SD | 86 | 10 | 13.7 | $796K | +3.3% | #33 of 2,339 |
| 2Butte County, SD | 80 | 7 | 16.3 | $601K | +5.5% | #79 of 2,339 |
| 3Meade County, SD | 79 | 17 | 14.2 | $701K | +2.7% | #92 of 2,339 |
| 4Beadle County, SD | 76 | 8 | 10.6 | $865K | +2.4% | #128 of 2,339 |
| 5Lincoln County, SD | 76 | 62 | 22.2 | $512K | +17.5% | #149 of 2,339 |
| 6Brookings County, SD | 67 | 22 | 15.9 | $601K | +9.6% | #388 of 2,339 |
| 7Yankton County, SD | 63 | 20 | 20.6 | $465K | +1.5% | #551 of 2,339 |
| 8Lake County, SD | 62 | 9 | 19.1 | $520K | −0.2% | #590 of 2,339 |
| 9Minnehaha County, SD | 62 | 176 | 20.8 | $487K | +7.6% | #597 of 2,339 |
| 10Pennington County, SD | 60 | 106 | 22.9 | $430K | +6.6% | #697 of 2,339 |
| 16Codington County, SD | 35 | 39 | 31.1 | $301K | +4.3% | #1,888 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Codington 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 spas37
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care36
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Codington County, SD?
Codington County has 39 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts also show 78 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Codington County, SD spend on personal care products and services?
About $11.7M a year, or $936 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $301K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,526 households in Codington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Codington County, SD compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Codington County has 31.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $301K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Codington County would have about 27, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,253 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Codington County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Codington County at 29,562 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,526 households. The median household income in Codington County is $72,727 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.0% 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. Codington County scores 35 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,888 of 2,339 scored counties.
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