Beauty and personal care · County · Virginia
Hair salons in Dickenson County, VA
The hair salons in Dickenson County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.1M
- On personal care products and services · $695 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 71% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,236
- −6.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Dickenson County spend about $4.1M a year on personal care products and services, or $695 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 hair salons, that is $1M per salon, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Dickenson County has 4 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.7, 71% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in Dickenson County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $103K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Dickenson County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dickenson County declined 6.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 hair salons on map listings, Dickenson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Dickenson County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Dickenson County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 22.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $466K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,294 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $695 | $1,023 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $47,254 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
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
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $103K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Dickenson 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 Dickenson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,236−6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 5,935
- Median age
- 46.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 330 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $47,254+57.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,167
- Median home value
- $102,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,377
- Daytime population
- 12,328Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goochland County, VA | 98 | 7 | 6.8 | $1.7M | +17.4% | #1 of 2,339 |
| 2Clarke County, VA | 91 | 7 | 11.9 | $916K | +5.4% | #8 of 2,339 |
| 3Caroline County, VA | 90 | 11 | 9.2 | $1M | +11.3% | #11 of 2,339 |
| 4Fluvanna County, VA | 88 | 7 | 6.8 | $1.5M | +6.2% | #18 of 2,339 |
| 5Rockingham County, VA | 85 | 23 | 7.0 | $1.3M | +6.6% | #36 of 2,339 |
| 6Louisa County, VA | 85 | 13 | 8.4 | $1.1M | +13.6% | #37 of 2,339 |
| 7New Kent County, VA | 85 | 15 | 16.2 | $689K | +21.2% | #40 of 2,339 |
| 8Frederick County, VA | 84 | 35 | 9.9 | $1M | +8.8% | #44 of 2,339 |
| 9King George County, VA | 82 | 9 | 8.9 | $1.2M | +10.5% | #57 of 2,339 |
| 10Dinwiddie County, VA | 80 | 9 | 8.4 | $1.1M | +3.6% | #72 of 2,339 |
| Dickenson County, VA | Not scored | 4 | 6.7 | $1M | −6.0% |
Other business types in Dickenson County
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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Dickenson County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 hair salons in Dickenson County. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in Dickenson County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dickenson County, VA spend on personal care products and services?
About $4.1M a year, or $695 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 5,935 households in Dickenson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dickenson County, VA compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Dickenson County has 6.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Dickenson County would have about 10, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Dickenson County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Dickenson County at 13,236 people in 2025, down 6.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,935 households. Median household income in Dickenson County is $47,254, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 57.9%, 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. Dickenson County has no market score for hair salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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