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Hair salons in Milam County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Milam County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #318 of 2,339 scored counties
#21 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
14
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.5M
On personal care products and services · $833 a household
Spending per listing
$604K
40% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.8
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,258
+6.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 hair salons in Milam County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 13.8 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Milam County comes to about $8.5M a year: $833 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 hair salons, that is $604K per salon, 40% 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 Milam County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 45 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Milam County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Milam County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #318 of 2,339 scored counties and #21 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Milam 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 Milam County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMilam CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.826.323.4
Spending per listing$604K$356K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$833$937$1,005
Median household income$66,141$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6944

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
45Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
140 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Milam 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 Milam County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,258+6.0% since 2020
Households
10,152
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,016 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$66,141+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,925
Median home value
$189,800
Jobs located here
5,807
Daytime population
19,537Residents 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 Milam 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
21Milam County, TX691413.8$604K+6.0%#318 of 2,339

Other business types in Milam County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Milam County, TX?

There are 14 hair salons on map listings in Milam County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Milam County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 45 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $8.5M a year, or $833 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $604K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,152 households in Milam County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Milam County has 13.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $604K, 40% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Milam County would have about 20, against 14 on map listings.

How fast is Milam County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Milam County at 26,258 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,152 households. The median household income in Milam County is $66,141 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.1% 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. Milam County scores 69 for hair salons (upper middle), #318 of 2,339 scored counties.

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