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Beauty and personal care · County · West Virginia

Hair salons in Mineral County, WV

How Mineral County, WV 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,043 of 2,339 scored counties
#8 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia

Listings
15
4 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.2M
On personal care products and services · $828 a household
Spending per listing
$614K
43% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.5
42% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,792
−0.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 hair salons in Mineral County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 27%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 13.5 for every 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Mineral County comes to about $9.2M a year: $828 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $614K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 43% 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.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Mineral County in 2023. That is one for every 1,853 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Mineral County.

Population estimates put the population change in Mineral County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for hair salons in Mineral County is 52 (upper middle), #1,043 of 2,339 scored counties and #8 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia.

How Mineral County compares

The same measures for West 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.

Hair salons in Mineral County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureMineral CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.517.923.4
Spending per listing$614K$449K$430K
Households per official establishment1,8532,6311,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.9%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$828$802$1,005
Median household income$69,375$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score5238

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$415K
One-person businesses, 2023
32Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
154 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$35K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Mineral 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 Mineral County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,792−0.4% since 2020
Households
11,120
Median age
44.7
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
328 sq. mi.
People per square mile
82
Median household income
$69,375+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,483
Median home value
$180,400
Jobs located here
8,490
Daytime population
23,221Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for hair salons, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Mineral County marked.

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, WV84229.6$1.1M+9.2%#43 of 2,339
2Berkeley County, WV747113.9$656K+13.7%#176 of 2,339
3Hampshire County, WV7289.3$876K+4.4%#223 of 2,339
4Morgan County, WV72912.3$685K+5.5%#233 of 2,339
5Putnam County, WV683213.8$678K−1.0%#345 of 2,339
6Preston County, WV561511.7$684K−0.6%#849 of 2,339
7Taylor County, WV5569.1$881K−2.4%#900 of 2,339
8Mineral County, WV521513.5$614K−0.4%#1,043 of 2,339
9Boone County, WV5156.3$1.2M−6.9%#1,095 of 2,339
10Fayette County, WV501811.3$658K−5.6%#1,149 of 2,339

Other business types in Mineral County

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

Questions

How many hair salons are in Mineral County, WV?

Mineral County has 15 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 32 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Mineral County, WV spend on personal care products and services?

About $9.2M a year, or $828 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $614K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,120 households in Mineral County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mineral County, WV compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

Mineral County has 13.5 hair salons per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $614K, 43% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Mineral County would have about 21, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,853 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.

How fast is Mineral County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Mineral County at 26,792 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,120 households. The median household income in Mineral County is $69,375 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. Mineral County scores 52 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,043 of 2,339 scored counties.

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