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Nail salons in Jay County, IN

How Jay County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for nail salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.6M
On personal care products and services · $840 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
20,118
−1.8% 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 2 nail salons in Jay County. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on personal care products and services in Jay County comes to about $6.6M a year: $840 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 nail salons, that is $3.3M per salon. 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 Jay County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Jay County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 nail salons on map listings, Jay County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Jay County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Jay County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureJay CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.64.56.0
Spending per listing$3.3M$2.2M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a14,0003,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+67.2%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.8%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$840$971$1,005
Median household income$54,969$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

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
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Jay 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 Jay County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,118−1.8% since 2020
Households
7,807
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
384 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$54,969+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,490
Median home value
$117,500
Jobs located here
6,619
Daytime population
18,014Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for nail salons, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Jay County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hancock County, IN90133.9$2.9M+13.5%#5 of 1,328
2Warrick County, IN8572.8$3.9M+4.4%#19 of 1,328
3Dearborn County, IN7752.5$4.1M+1.7%#63 of 1,328
4Allen County, IN75704.5$2.1M+4.2%#90 of 1,328
5Boone County, IN75186.3$2M+13.5%#93 of 1,328
6Porter County, IN74304.4$2.4M+1.6%#105 of 1,328
7Morgan County, IN74124.2$2.4M+4.4%#106 of 1,328
8Clark County, IN74265.1$1.9M+7.5%#111 of 1,328
9Hendricks County, IN72507.5$1.5M+10.2%#127 of 1,328
10Kosciusko County, IN7192.8$3.5M+0.9%#130 of 1,328
Jay County, INNot scored22.6$3.3M−1.8%

Other business types in Jay County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Jay County, IN?

Jay County has 2 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Jay County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Jay County, IN spend on personal care products and services?

About $6.6M a year, or $840 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,807 households in Jay County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jay County, IN compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Jay County has 2 nail salons on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Jay County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Jay County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Jay County at 20,118 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,807 households. The median household income in Jay County is $54,969 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.3% 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. Jay County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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