Beauty and personal care · County · Texas
Hair salons in Dawson County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Dawson County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,410 of 2,339 scored counties
#95 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.1M
- On personal care products and services · $769 a household
- Spending per listing
- $622K
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,776
- −5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 hair salons in Dawson County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 12.4 per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $769 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Dawson County spend about $3.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $622K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 44% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Dawson County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Dawson County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Dawson County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,410 of 2,339 scored counties and #95 of 159 scored counties in Texas.
How Dawson 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 | Dawson County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $622K | $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 | −5.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $769 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $54,360 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 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
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Dawson 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 Dawson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,776−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,043
- Median age
- 34.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 900 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $54,360+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,550
- Median home value
- $103,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,022
- Daytime population
- 11,229Residents 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 |
| 95Dawson County, TX | 45 | 5 | 12.4 | $622K | −5.6% | #1,410 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Dawson 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Dawson County, TX?
There are 5 hair salons on map listings in Dawson County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Dawson County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dawson County, TX spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.1M a year, or $769 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $622K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,043 households in Dawson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dawson County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Dawson County has 12.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $622K, 44% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Dawson County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Dawson County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Dawson County at 11,776 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,043 households. The median household income in Dawson County is $54,360 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.7% 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. Dawson County scores 45 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,410 of 2,339 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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