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Hair salons in Mills County, TX

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.5M
On personal care products and services · $844 a household
Spending per listing
$253K
41% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
33.4
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
4,580
+3.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 hair salons in Mills County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.4, 43% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Mills County comes to about $1.5M a year: $844 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 hair salons, that is $253K per salon, 41% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Mills County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Mills County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Mills 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 Mills County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMills CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households33.426.323.4
Spending per listing$253K$356K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$844$937$1,005
Median household income$67,620$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored44

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
11Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
62 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Mills 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 Mills County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,580+3.0% since 2020
Households
1,799
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
748 sq. mi.
People per square mile
6
Median household income
$67,620
Average household income
$93,560
Median home value
$223,700
Jobs located here
1,302
Daytime population
3,721Residents 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 Mills 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
Mills County, TXNot scored633.4$253K+3.0%

Other business types in Mills County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many hair salons are in Mills County, TX?

Mills County has 6 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Mills County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $1.5M a year, or $844 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $253K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,799 households in Mills County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Mills County has 33.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $253K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Mills County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Mills County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Mills County at 4,580 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,799 households. The median household income in Mills County is $67,620 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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