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Nail salons in Jones County, MS

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,174 of 1,328 scored counties
#16 of 30 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
12
3 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$19.2M
On personal care products and services · $769 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.8
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,496
−1.0% 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

Jones County scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,174 of 1,328 scored counties and #16 of 30 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 nail salons in Jones County. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.8, 20% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Households in Jones County spend about $19.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $769 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per salon, 4% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. 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 Jones County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Jones County declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Jones County compares

The same measures for Mississippi 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 Jones County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureJones CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.85.96.0
Spending per listing$1.6M$1.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,9843,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+72.6%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$769$788$1,005
Median household income$52,216$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score2722

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
59Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
123 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Jones 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 Jones County

Population, 2025 estimate
66,496−1.0% since 2020
Households
24,957
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
695 sq. mi.
People per square mile
96
Median household income
$52,216+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,759
Median home value
$143,100
Jobs located here
28,795
Daytime population
69,175Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Mississippi

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

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pearl River County, MS5194.1$1.9M+5.6%#660 of 1,328
2Jackson County, MS47356.1$1.4M+3.0%#788 of 1,328
3DeSoto County, MS45567.9$1.2M+6.3%#847 of 1,328
4Lincoln County, MS4153.8$2M+0.5%#920 of 1,328
5Hancock County, MS41104.9$1.7M+1.6%#926 of 1,328
6Madison County, MS39347.7$1.3M+6.5%#972 of 1,328
7Lamar County, MS39218.3$1.1M+4.7%#975 of 1,328
8Harrison County, MS39728.6$934K+4.0%#977 of 1,328
9Union County, MS3455.1$1.5M+2.3%#1,062 of 1,328
10Lafayette County, MS34189.5$928K+6.6%#1,077 of 1,328
16Jones County, MS27124.8$1.6M−1.0%#1,174 of 1,328

Other business types in Jones County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Jones County, MS?

There are 12 nail salons on map listings in Jones County as of September 2026. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Jones County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 59 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Jones County, MS spend on personal care products and services?

About $19.2M a year, or $769 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,957 households in Jones County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jones County, MS compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Jones County has 4.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.6M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending.

How fast is Jones County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Jones County at 66,496 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,957 households. The median household income in Jones County is $52,216 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Jones County scores 27 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,174 of 1,328 scored counties.

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