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Hair salons in Wichita County, TX

How Wichita 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,052 of 2,339 scored counties
#140 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
115
26 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
28
+3.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$40.5M
On personal care products and services · $826 a household
Spending per listing
$352K
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.5
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
129,555
0.0% 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

For hair salons, Wichita County has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #2,052 of 2,339 scored counties and #140 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 115 hair salons in Wichita County. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 23.5 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Households in Wichita County spend about $40.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $826 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $352K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 18% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Wichita County was 28 in 2023, up 3.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,751 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Wichita County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Wichita 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 Wichita County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWichita CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.526.323.4
Spending per listing$352K$356K$430K
Households per official establishment1,7511,9151,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.7%+17.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$826$937$1,005
Median household income$63,524$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2944

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
27 → 28+3.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
178
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
294Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11526 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
94The 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 Wichita 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 Wichita County

Population, 2025 estimate
129,5550.0% since 2020
Households
49,017
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
628 sq. mi.
People per square mile
207
Median household income
$63,524+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,175
Median home value
$153,700
Jobs located here
50,556
Daytime population
130,005Residents 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 Wichita 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
140Wichita County, TX2911523.5$352K0.0%#2,052 of 2,339

Other business types in Wichita County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Wichita County, TX?

Wichita County has 115 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 26 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, up 3.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 294 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $40.5M a year, or $826 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 115 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $352K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,017 households in Wichita County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wichita County has 23.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $352K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Wichita County would have about 94, against 115 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,751 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Wichita County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Wichita County at 129,555 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 49,017 households. The median household income in Wichita County is $63,524 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Wichita County scores 29 for hair salons (lower middle), #2,052 of 2,339 scored counties.

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