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Nail salons in Carbon County, PA
The nail salons in Carbon County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #142 of 1,328 scored counties
#4 of 47 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $24.8M
- On personal care products and services · $909 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 70% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,868
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 nail salons in Carbon County. None of them are chain locations, against 27% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.8, 70% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
At $909 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Carbon County spend about $24.8M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $5M per salon, 3 times 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 Carbon County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Carbon County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for nail salons in Carbon County is 70 (upper middle), #142 of 1,328 scored counties and #4 of 47 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Carbon County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Carbon County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $1.9M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,857 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.7% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $909 | $1,004 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $67,554 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 35 |
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
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,868+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 27,255
- Median age
- 45.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 171
- Median household income
- $67,554+18.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,706
- Median home value
- $211,400
- Jobs located here
- 15,436
- Daytime population
- 50,450Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Carbon County?
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for nail salons, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Carbon County marked.
Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Adams County, PA | 86 | 9 | 2.2 | $4.6M | +3.6% | #16 of 1,328 |
| 2Pike County, PA | 85 | 6 | 2.5 | $4.1M | +7.2% | #18 of 1,328 |
| 3Centre County, PA | 74 | 14 | 2.4 | $4.1M | −0.4% | #95 of 1,328 |
| 4Carbon County, PA | 70 | 5 | 1.8 | $5M | +1.7% | #142 of 1,328 |
| 5Franklin County, PA | 69 | 22 | 3.5 | $2.8M | +3.0% | #168 of 1,328 |
| 6Schuylkill County, PA | 67 | 17 | 2.9 | $3.1M | +1.5% | #204 of 1,328 |
| 7Indiana County, PA | 65 | 9 | 2.8 | $3.1M | −0.3% | #261 of 1,328 |
| 8Crawford County, PA | 64 | 8 | 2.4 | $3.6M | −2.4% | #279 of 1,328 |
| 9Wayne County, PA | 64 | 6 | 2.9 | $3.1M | +1.1% | #283 of 1,328 |
| 10Lebanon County, PA | 63 | 17 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +2.2% | #315 of 1,328 |
Other business types in Carbon County
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 spas62
- Hair salons58
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons70
- Spas and skin care68
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in Carbon County, PA?
Carbon County has 5 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Carbon County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carbon County, PA spend on personal care products and services?
About $24.8M a year, or $909 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $5M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,255 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, PA compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
Carbon County has 1.8 nail salons per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $5M, 3 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Carbon County would have about 15, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Carbon County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 65,868 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,255 households. The median household income in Carbon County is $67,554 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.5% 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. Carbon County scores 70 for nail salons (upper middle), #142 of 1,328 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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