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Nail salons in Wasco County, OR

How Wasco County, OR 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 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9.5M
On personal care products and services · $900 a household
Spending per listing
$9.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
26,310
−1.1% 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

Households in Wasco County spend about $9.5M a year on personal care products and services, or $900 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9.5M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

Wasco County has 1 nail salon on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Wasco County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Wasco County declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 nail salon on map listings, Wasco County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Wasco County compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Wasco County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureWasco CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.94.36.0
Spending per listing$9.5M$2.4M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,9963,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.9%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$900$1,036$1,005
Median household income$64,175$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored55

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
9Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Wasco 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 Wasco County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,310−1.1% since 2020
Households
10,563
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,381 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$64,175+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,059
Median home value
$367,400
Jobs located here
10,091
Daytime population
24,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Oregon

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

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Polk County, OR8172.1$4.9M+2.3%#34 of 1,328
2Columbia County, OR7852.4$4.2M+2.6%#57 of 1,328
3Linn County, OR77142.8$3.4M+3.0%#65 of 1,328
4Benton County, OR74133.4$3M+4.4%#102 of 1,328
5Deschutes County, OR74394.6$2.4M+6.8%#107 of 1,328
6Clatsop County, OR6652.8$3.4M−0.6%#235 of 1,328
7Jackson County, OR65323.5$2.8M−0.9%#263 of 1,328
8Lane County, OR65593.7$2.6M−0.7%#264 of 1,328
9Douglas County, OR64112.3$3.8M+0.6%#278 of 1,328
10Marion County, OR61564.4$2.2M+2.7%#372 of 1,328
Wasco County, ORNot scored10.9$9.5M−1.1%

Other business types in Wasco County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Wasco County, OR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 nail salon in Wasco County. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Wasco County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Wasco County, OR spend on personal care products and services?

About $9.5M a year, or $900 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 nail salon on map listings, it comes to $9.5M 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 10,563 households in Wasco County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Wasco County, OR compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Wasco County has 1 nail salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Wasco County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Wasco County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Wasco County at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. Median household income in Wasco County is $64,175, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. Wasco County has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Wasco County. It maps the nail salons on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for nail salons · All 56 business types in Wasco County

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