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Hair salons in Hood County, TX

How Hood 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #614 of 2,339 scored counties
#45 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
64
13 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24.5M
On personal care products and services · $961 a household
Spending per listing
$383K
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.1
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,501
+13.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 64 hair salons in Hood County. 13 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.1, 7% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

At $961 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Hood County spend about $24.5M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $383K per salon, 11% 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.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Hood County in 2023. That is one for every 2,836 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 165 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Hood County from 2020 to 2025 at +13.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Hood County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #614 of 2,339 scored counties and #45 of 159 scored counties in Texas.

How Hood 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.

Hair salons in Hood County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHood CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.126.323.4
Spending per listing$383K$356K$430K
Households per official establishment2,8361,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+13.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$961$937$1,005
Median household income$88,160$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6244

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 9
Employees, 2023
48
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
165Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6413 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
57The 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 Hood 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 Hood County

Population, 2025 estimate
70,501+13.6% since 2020
Households
25,523
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
421 sq. mi.
People per square mile
157
Median household income
$88,160+37.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,661
Median home value
$306,400
Jobs located here
16,556
Daytime population
53,520Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Texas, with Hood County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX90168.7$1.1M+21.9%#10 of 2,339
2Guadalupe County, TX859815.0$658K+15.8%#41 of 2,339
3Blanco County, TX85815.5$626K+18.6%#42 of 2,339
4Chambers County, TX843118.0$589K+22.6%#47 of 2,339
5Gaines County, TX83811.5$783K+10.4%#50 of 2,339
6Burleson County, TX781012.7$681K+16.2%#102 of 2,339
7Upshur County, TX782012.8$644K+8.2%#103 of 2,339
8San Jacinto County, TX7754.6$1.8M+7.1%#110 of 2,339
9Hays County, TX7716416.4$604K+24.8%#122 of 2,339
10Caldwell County, TX762414.4$593K+20.0%#143 of 2,339
45Hood County, TX626425.1$383K+13.6%#614 of 2,339

Other business types in Hood County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Hood County, TX?

Hood County has 64 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 165 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Hood County, TX spend on personal care products and services?

About $24.5M a year, or $961 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $383K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,523 households in Hood County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hood County, TX compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Hood County has 25.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $383K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Hood County would have about 57, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,836 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Hood County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Hood County at 70,501 people in 2025, up 13.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,523 households. The median household income in Hood County is $88,160 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.7% 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. Hood County scores 62 for hair salons (upper middle), #614 of 2,339 scored counties.

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