Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Washington
Hair salons in the Port Townsend, WA area
How the Port Townsend, WA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #8 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 19
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.1M
- On personal care products and services · $986 a household
- Spending per listing
- $848K
- 97% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,970
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Port Townsend area scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #8 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for hair salons.
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 hair salons in the Port Townsend area. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 11.6 for every 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
At $986 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Port Townsend area spend about $16.1M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $848K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 97% above 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 the Port Townsend area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,723 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Port Townsend area grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Port Townsend area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 Townsend area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 20.7 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $848K | $548K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,723 | 1,414 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $986 | $1,137 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $74,048 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $194K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 65Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 191 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 Townsend 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 Townsend area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,970+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,340
- Median age
- 58.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,804 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $74,048
- Average household income
- $104,756
- Median home value
- $535,000
- Jobs located here
- 8,967
- Daytime population
- 30,032Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for hair salons, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Port Townsend area marked.
Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelton, WA | 91 | 28 | 10.8 | $948K | +7.8% | #1 of 538 |
| 2Port Townsend, WA | 81 | 19 | 11.6 | $848K | +2.7% | #8 of 538 |
| 3Centralia, WA | 81 | 62 | 18.8 | $509K | +6.7% | #10 of 538 |
| 4Aberdeen, WA | 80 | 47 | 15.3 | $584K | +3.0% | #13 of 538 |
| 5Ellensburg, WA | 74 | 36 | 18.0 | $552K | +4.2% | #35 of 538 |
| 6Pullman, WA | 69 | 23 | 12.3 | $718K | +1.5% | #58 of 538 |
| 7Oak Harbor, WA | 66 | 50 | 13.9 | $765K | −1.5% | #81 of 538 |
| 8Moses Lake, WA | 58 | 81 | 22.9 | $412K | +6.3% | #180 of 538 |
| 9Port Angeles, WA | 53 | 74 | 21.1 | $449K | +1.1% | #241 of 538 |
| 10Othello, WA | 43 | 21 | 33.4 | $274K | +4.3% | #353 of 538 |
Other business types in the Port Townsend 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 spas74
- Hair salons81
- Barbershops
- Nail salons71
- Spas and skin care71
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 Townsend, WA area?
The Port Townsend area has 19 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 65 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Port Townsend, WA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $16.1M a year, or $986 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $848K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,340 households in the Port Townsend area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Port Townsend, WA area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Port Townsend area has 11.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $848K, 97% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Port Townsend area would have about 37, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,723 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Port Townsend, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Port Townsend area at 33,970 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,340 households. The median household income in the Port Townsend area is $74,048 a year, 8% 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. 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 Townsend area scores 81 for hair salons (high), #8 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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