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Beauty and personal care · County · South Dakota

Hair salons in Mellette County, SD

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Mellette County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$557K
On personal care products and services · $869 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
2,137
+11.5% 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

At $869 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Mellette County spend about $557K a year on personal care products and services. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no hair salons in Mellette County. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Mellette County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Mellette County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Mellette County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Mellette 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.

Hair salons in Mellette County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureMellette CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.020.023.4
Spending per listingn/a$492K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,2851,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.9%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$869$983$1,005
Median household income$54,076$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored71

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Mellette 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 Mellette County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,137+11.5% since 2020
Households
641
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,307 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$54,076
Average household income
$74,230
Median home value
$84,100
Jobs located here
295
Daytime population
1,769Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for hair salons, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Mellette County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, SD861013.7$796K+3.3%#33 of 2,339
2Butte County, SD80716.3$601K+5.5%#79 of 2,339
3Meade County, SD791714.2$701K+2.7%#92 of 2,339
4Beadle County, SD76810.6$865K+2.4%#128 of 2,339
5Lincoln County, SD766222.2$512K+17.5%#149 of 2,339
6Brookings County, SD672215.9$601K+9.6%#388 of 2,339
7Yankton County, SD632020.6$465K+1.5%#551 of 2,339
8Lake County, SD62919.1$520K−0.2%#590 of 2,339
9Minnehaha County, SD6217620.8$487K+7.6%#597 of 2,339
10Pennington County, SD6010622.9$430K+6.6%#697 of 2,339
Mellette County, SDNot scored00.0n/a+11.5%

Other business types in Mellette County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Mellette County, SD?

There are no hair salons on map listings in Mellette County as of September 2026. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Mellette County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Mellette County, SD spend on personal care products and services?

About $557K a year, or $869 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 641 households in Mellette County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mellette County, SD compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Mellette County has no hair salons on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Mellette County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Mellette County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Mellette County at 2,137 people in 2025, up 11.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 641 households. Median household income in Mellette County is $54,076, 33% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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