Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · South Dakota
Hair salons in the Yankton, SD area
How the Yankton, SD 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #73 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota
- Listings
- 20
- 3 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On personal care products and services · $959 a household
- Spending per listing
- $465K
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.6
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,635
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Yankton area comes to about $9.3M a year: $959 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 20 hair salons, that is $465K per salon, 8% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
The Yankton area has 20 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.6, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Yankton area classed as beauty salons. That is one for every 3,232 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 59 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Yankton area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Yankton area is 68 (upper middle), #73 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Yankton area 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 | Yankton area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.6 | 20.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $465K | $492K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,232 | 2,285 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $959 | $983 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $72,821 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $360K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 59Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 203 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Yankton 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 Yankton area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,635+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 9,695
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 521 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $72,821+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,237
- Median home value
- $225,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,467
- Daytime population
- 24,093Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in South Dakota for hair salons, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with the Yankton area marked.
Top small-town markets in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Huron, SD | 83 | 8 | 10.6 | $865K | +2.4% | #6 of 538 |
| 2Brookings, SD | 71 | 22 | 15.9 | $601K | +9.6% | #47 of 538 |
| 3Yankton, SD | 68 | 20 | 20.6 | $465K | +1.5% | #73 of 538 |
| 4Pierre, SD | 65 | 13 | 15.2 | $662K | −0.5% | #88 of 538 |
| 5Spearfish, SD | 60 | 28 | 23.2 | $408K | +14.0% | #155 of 538 |
| 6Aberdeen, SD | 57 | 43 | 24.0 | $400K | −1.5% | #193 of 538 |
| 7Mitchell, SD | 50 | 27 | 24.6 | $379K | +0.6% | #280 of 538 |
| 8Vermillion, SD | 47 | 12 | 21.6 | $409K | +0.2% | #310 of 538 |
| 9Watertown, SD | 37 | 39 | 31.1 | $301K | +4.3% | #420 of 538 |
Other business types in the Yankton 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 spas58
- Hair salons68
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care45
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Yankton, SD area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 hair salons in the Yankton area. 3 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 59 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Yankton, SD area spend on personal care products and services?
About $9.3M a year, or $959 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $465K 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 9,695 households in the Yankton area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Yankton, SD area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Yankton area has 20.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $465K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Yankton area would have about 22, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,232 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Yankton, SD area growing?
Population estimates put the Yankton area at 23,635 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,695 households. Median household income in the Yankton area is $72,821, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. 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 Yankton area scores 68 for hair salons (upper middle), #73 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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