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Hair salons in Liberty County, TX

How Liberty 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #399 of 2,339 scored counties
#25 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
54
11 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$26.9M
On personal care products and services · $862 a household
Spending per listing
$498K
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.3
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
121,364
+31.3% 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 $862 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Liberty County spend about $26.9M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $498K per salon, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

Liberty County has 54 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.3, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Liberty County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 226 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Liberty County grew 31.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Liberty County is 67 (upper middle), #399 of 2,339 scored counties and #25 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Liberty 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 Liberty County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLiberty CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.326.323.4
Spending per listing$498K$356K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+31.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$862$937$1,005
Median household income$68,703$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6744

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
226Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5411 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
63The 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 Liberty 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 Liberty County

Population, 2025 estimate
121,364+31.3% since 2020
Households
31,183
Median age
33.7
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,159 sq. mi.
People per square mile
89
Median household income
$68,703+33.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,482
Median home value
$181,700
Jobs located here
18,343
Daytime population
79,956Residents 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 Liberty 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
25Liberty County, TX675417.3$498K+31.3%#399 of 2,339

Other business types in Liberty County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Liberty County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 54 hair salons in Liberty County. 11 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Liberty County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 226 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $26.9M a year, or $862 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $498K 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 31,183 households in Liberty County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Liberty County has 17.3 hair salons per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $498K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Liberty County would have about 63, against 54 on map listings.

How fast is Liberty County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Liberty County at 121,364 people in 2025, up 31.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,183 households. Median household income in Liberty County is $68,703, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.4%, 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. Liberty County scores 67 for hair salons (upper middle), #399 of 2,339 scored counties.

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