Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Calhoun County, TX
How Calhoun County, TX 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,074 of 2,339 scored counties
#144 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 22
- 3 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.9M
- On personal care products and services · $910 a household
- Spending per listing
- $359K
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.4
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,599
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Calhoun County is 28 (lower middle), #2,074 of 2,339 scored counties and #144 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Calhoun County spend about $7.9M a year on personal care products and services, or $910 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $359K per salon, 17% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Calhoun County has 22 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 14%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.4, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Calhoun County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Calhoun County declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Calhoun County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Calhoun County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.4 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $359K | $356K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,915 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $910 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $79,959 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 44 |
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
- 33Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 223 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,599−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,670
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 507 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $79,959+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,381
- Median home value
- $171,200
- Jobs located here
- 10,873
- Daytime population
- 22,043Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waller County, TX | 90 | 16 | 8.7 | $1.1M | +21.9% | #10 of 2,339 |
| 2Guadalupe County, TX | 85 | 98 | 15.0 | $658K | +15.8% | #41 of 2,339 |
| 3Blanco County, TX | 85 | 8 | 15.5 | $626K | +18.6% | #42 of 2,339 |
| 4Chambers County, TX | 84 | 31 | 18.0 | $589K | +22.6% | #47 of 2,339 |
| 5Gaines County, TX | 83 | 8 | 11.5 | $783K | +10.4% | #50 of 2,339 |
| 6Burleson County, TX | 78 | 10 | 12.7 | $681K | +16.2% | #102 of 2,339 |
| 7Upshur County, TX | 78 | 20 | 12.8 | $644K | +8.2% | #103 of 2,339 |
| 8San Jacinto County, TX | 77 | 5 | 4.6 | $1.8M | +7.1% | #110 of 2,339 |
| 9Hays County, TX | 77 | 164 | 16.4 | $604K | +24.8% | #122 of 2,339 |
| 10Caldwell County, TX | 76 | 24 | 14.4 | $593K | +20.0% | #143 of 2,339 |
| 144Calhoun County, TX | 28 | 22 | 25.4 | $359K | −2.3% | #2,074 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Calhoun 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 spas51
- Hair salons28
- Barbershops
- Nail salons26
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Calhoun County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 hair salons in Calhoun County. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Calhoun County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Calhoun County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.9M a year, or $910 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $359K 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 8,670 households in Calhoun County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Calhoun County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Calhoun County has 25.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $359K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Calhoun County would have about 18, against 22 on map listings.
How fast is Calhoun County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Calhoun County at 19,599 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,670 households. Median household income in Calhoun County is $79,959, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.0%, 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. Calhoun County scores 28 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,074 of 2,339 scored counties.
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