Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Georgia
Nail salons in the Waycross, GA area
How the Waycross, GA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #338 of 387 scored small-town markets
#16 of 22 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 13
- 3 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.2M
- On personal care products and services · $741 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,670
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Waycross area scores 26 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #338 of 387 scored small-town markets and #16 of 22 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Waycross area comes to about $15.2M a year: $741 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per salon, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
The Waycross area has 13 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 23%, against 27% across the U.S. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in the Waycross area in 2023. That is one for every 4,112 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Waycross area grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Waycross area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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.
| Measure | Waycross area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 7.4 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,112 | 4,810 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +39.5% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $741 | $926 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $51,821 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 4
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $118K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 71Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Waycross 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 Waycross area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,670+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 20,562
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,240 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $51,821+34.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,222
- Median home value
- $126,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,660
- Daytime population
- 54,001Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Statesboro, GA | 55 | 17 | 4.9 | $1.6M | +8.0% | #168 of 387 |
| 2Kingsland, GA | 53 | 9 | 4.1 | $2.1M | +9.5% | #181 of 387 |
| 3Jefferson, GA | 51 | 23 | 8.1 | $1.2M | +29.3% | #204 of 387 |
| 4LaGrange, GA-AL | 48 | 20 | 5.0 | $1.6M | +3.0% | #220 of 387 |
| 5Thomasville, GA | 48 | 16 | 5.6 | $1.4M | +1.3% | #221 of 387 |
| 6Cornelia, GA | 46 | 11 | 6.6 | $1.3M | +9.3% | #226 of 387 |
| 7Cedartown, GA | 43 | 9 | 5.7 | $1.4M | +6.0% | #246 of 387 |
| 8Thomaston, GA | 42 | 5 | 4.7 | $1.6M | +2.7% | #253 of 387 |
| 9Tifton, GA | 37 | 11 | 5.8 | $1.3M | +1.7% | #286 of 387 |
| 10Calhoun, GA | 36 | 14 | 6.6 | $1.3M | +6.9% | #292 of 387 |
| 16Waycross, GA | 26 | 13 | 6.3 | $1.2M | +3.0% | #338 of 387 |
Other business types in the Waycross 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 spas30
- Hair salons35
- Barbershops39
- Nail salons26
- Spas and skin care49
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Waycross, GA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 nail salons in the Waycross area. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as nail salons in 2023. Another 71 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Waycross, GA area spend on personal care products and services?
About $15.2M a year, or $741 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,562 households in the Waycross area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Waycross, GA area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Waycross area has 6.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Waycross area would have about 9, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,112 households, against one for every 3,754 across the U.S.
How fast is the Waycross, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Waycross area at 57,670 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,562 households. Median household income in the Waycross area is $51,821, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.7%, 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. 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 Waycross area scores 26 for nail salons (lower middle), #338 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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