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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Texas

Hair salons in the Vernon, TX area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in the Vernon, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 11 out of 100: Low

Ranked #533 of 538 scored small-town markets
#40 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas

Listings
12
5 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.6M
On personal care products and services · $755 a household
Spending per listing
$300K
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.1
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,481
−2.8% 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

The Vernon area scores 11 (low) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #533 of 538 scored small-town markets and #40 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Vernon area comes to about $3.6M a year: $755 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $300K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There are 12 hair salons on map listings in the Vernon area as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 42%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.1, 7% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in the Vernon area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Vernon area declined 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Vernon 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.

Hair salons in Vernon, TX area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureVernon areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.126.323.4
Spending per listing$300K$356K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$755$937$1,005
Median household income$54,102$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score1144

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
25Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
125 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Vernon 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 Vernon area

Population, 2025 estimate
12,481−2.8% since 2020
Households
4,778
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
971 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$54,102+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,486
Median home value
$89,400
Jobs located here
5,461
Daytime population
11,849Residents 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 small-town markets in Texas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Vernon area marked.

Top small-town markets in Texas

Small-town markets in Texas ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gainesville, TX773118.8$486K+6.5%#23 of 538
2Jacksonville, TX762212.1$672K+5.4%#24 of 538
3Andrews, TX731116.1$563K+1.6%#39 of 538
4Bonham, TX721814.1$625K+9.2%#43 of 538
5Huntsville, TX664216.1$463K+9.5%#85 of 538
6Corsicana, TX653920.5$402K+8.2%#100 of 538
7Brenham, TX643824.5$367K+7.0%#115 of 538
8Granbury, TX636425.1$383K+13.6%#125 of 538
9Athens, TX617522.3$372K+7.5%#148 of 538
10Mineral Wells, TX552320.5$405K+8.2%#218 of 538
40Vernon, TX111225.1$300K−2.8%#533 of 538

Other business types in the Vernon area

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in the Vernon, TX area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 12 hair salons in the Vernon area. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in the Vernon area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 25 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Vernon, TX area spend on personal care products and services?

About $3.6M a year, or $755 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $300K 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 4,778 households in the Vernon area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Vernon, TX area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

The Vernon area has 25.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $300K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Vernon area would have about 8, against 12 on map listings.

How fast is the Vernon, TX area growing?

Population estimates put the Vernon area at 12,481 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,778 households. Median household income in the Vernon area is $54,102, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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. 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 Vernon area scores 11 for hair salons (low), #533 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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