Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Texas
Hair salons in the Port Lavaca, TX area
The hair salons in the Port Lavaca, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #449 of 538 scored small-town markets
#29 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 22
- 3 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.9M
- On personal care products and services · $910 a household
- Spending per listing
- $359K
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.4
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,599
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for hair salons in the Port Lavaca area is 34 (lower middle), #449 of 538 scored small-town markets and #29 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 hair salons in the Port Lavaca area. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 14%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 25.4 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $910 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Port Lavaca area spend about $7.9M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 22 hair salons, that is $359K per salon, 17% 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 the Port Lavaca area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in the Port Lavaca area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Port Lavaca area 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 | Port Lavaca area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.4 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $359K | $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 | −2.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $910 | $937 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $79,959 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 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
- 33Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 223 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 the Port Lavaca area, 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 the Port Lavaca area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,599−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,670
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 507 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $79,959+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,381
- Median home value
- $171,200
- Jobs located here
- 10,873
- Daytime population
- 22,043Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Port Lavaca area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gainesville, TX | 77 | 31 | 18.8 | $486K | +6.5% | #23 of 538 |
| 2Jacksonville, TX | 76 | 22 | 12.1 | $672K | +5.4% | #24 of 538 |
| 3Andrews, TX | 73 | 11 | 16.1 | $563K | +1.6% | #39 of 538 |
| 4Bonham, TX | 72 | 18 | 14.1 | $625K | +9.2% | #43 of 538 |
| 5Huntsville, TX | 66 | 42 | 16.1 | $463K | +9.5% | #85 of 538 |
| 6Corsicana, TX | 65 | 39 | 20.5 | $402K | +8.2% | #100 of 538 |
| 7Brenham, TX | 64 | 38 | 24.5 | $367K | +7.0% | #115 of 538 |
| 8Granbury, TX | 63 | 64 | 25.1 | $383K | +13.6% | #125 of 538 |
| 9Athens, TX | 61 | 75 | 22.3 | $372K | +7.5% | #148 of 538 |
| 10Mineral Wells, TX | 55 | 23 | 20.5 | $405K | +8.2% | #218 of 538 |
| 29Port Lavaca, TX | 34 | 22 | 25.4 | $359K | −2.3% | #449 of 538 |
Other business types in the Port Lavaca area
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
- Salons, barbers and spas54
- Hair salons34
- Barbershops
- Nail salons31
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Port Lavaca, TX area?
The Port Lavaca area has 22 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in the Port Lavaca area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Port Lavaca, TX area spend on personal care products and services?
About $7.9M a year, or $910 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $359K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,670 households in the Port Lavaca area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Port Lavaca, TX area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Port Lavaca area has 25.4 hair salons per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $359K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Port Lavaca area would have about 18, against 22 on map listings.
How fast is the Port Lavaca, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Port Lavaca area at 19,599 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,670 households. The median household income in the Port Lavaca area is $79,959 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Port Lavaca area scores 34 for hair salons (lower middle), #449 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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