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Nail salons in the Nome Census Area, AK

How the Nome Census Area, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.8M
On personal care products and services · $1,008 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
9,830
−1.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 nail salon in the Nome Census Area. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households.

At $1,008 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Nome Census Area spend about $2.8M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each salon on map listings. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Nome Census Area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show the Nome Census Area declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How the Nome Census Area compares

The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the nail 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.

Nail salons in Nome Census Area, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureNome Census AreaAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.64.26.0
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.6M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,4353,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+74.3%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,008$1,095$1,005
Median household income$78,681$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 nail salons in the Nome Census 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 Nome Census Area

Population, 2025 estimate
9,830−1.9% since 2020
Households
2,816
Median age
28.8
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
0.7
Land area
22,970 sq. mi.
People per square mile
0
Median household income
$78,681
Average household income
$99,441
Median home value
$211,200
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for nail salons, numbered among those based in Alaska, with the Nome Census Area marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK81133.3$3.3M+10.4%#38 of 1,328
2Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK8093.7$2.8M+5.1%#49 of 1,328
3Juneau City and Borough, AK5364.6$2.5M−1.8%#583 of 1,328
4Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK53174.7$2.3M−1.4%#588 of 1,328
5Anchorage Municipality, AK50625.7$2M−1.3%#699 of 1,328
Nome Census Area, AKNot scored13.6$2.8M−1.9%

Other business types in the Nome Census Area

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many nail salons are in the Nome Census Area, AK?

There is 1 nail salon on map listings in the Nome Census Area as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in the Nome Census Area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Nome Census Area, AK spend on personal care products and services?

About $2.8M a year, or $1,008 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,816 households in the Nome Census Area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Nome Census Area, AK compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

The Nome Census Area has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Nome Census Area would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is the Nome Census Area, AK growing?

Population estimates put the Nome Census Area at 9,830 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,816 households. The median household income in the Nome Census Area is $78,681 a year, 3% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for nail salons · All 56 business types in the Nome Census Area

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