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Nail salons in Lavaca County, TX

The nail salons in Lavaca County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,177 of 1,328 scored counties
#87 of 110 scored counties in Texas

Listings
6
3 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.2M
On personal care products and services · $848 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.1
18% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,651
+1.5% 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

Lavaca County scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for nail salons, ranking #1,177 of 1,328 scored counties and #87 of 110 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 nail salons in Lavaca County. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 27% across the U.S. That comes to 7.1 for every 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 6.0.

At $848 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Lavaca County spend about $7.2M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 6 nail salons, that is $1.2M per salon, 28% 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 Lavaca County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lavaca County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Lavaca County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Lavaca County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLavaca CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.17.26.0
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.3M$1.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,8443,754
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+51.5%+23.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$848$937$1,005
Median household income$63,240$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2740

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
63 chain locations
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 Lavaca 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 Lavaca County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,651+1.5% since 2020
Households
8,476
Median age
44.1
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
970 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$63,240+16.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,683
Median home value
$228,300
Jobs located here
6,202
Daytime population
17,165Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Nail salons across Texas

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for nail salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX8752.7$3.6M+21.9%#10 of 1,328
2Medina County, TX7663.4$2.7M+11.4%#73 of 1,328
3Guadalupe County, TX74335.0$2M+15.8%#109 of 1,328
4Wise County, TX70124.8$2.1M+21.5%#153 of 1,328
5Bastrop County, TX70205.4$1.8M+21.3%#156 of 1,328
6Hays County, TX68565.6$1.8M+24.8%#198 of 1,328
7Kaufman County, TX68336.5$1.5M+42.2%#199 of 1,328
8Cherokee County, TX6752.7$3M+5.4%#206 of 1,328
9Fannin County, TX6753.9$2.3M+9.2%#214 of 1,328
10Parker County, TX67335.8$1.8M+23.5%#223 of 1,328
87Lavaca County, TX2767.1$1.2M+1.5%#1,177 of 1,328

Other business types in Lavaca County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Lavaca County, TX?

There are 6 nail salons on map listings in Lavaca County as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Lavaca County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Lavaca County, TX spend on personal care products and services?

About $7.2M a year, or $848 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,476 households in Lavaca County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lavaca County, TX compare with the U.S. for nail salons?

Lavaca County has 7.1 nail salons per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.2M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the national ratio of nail salons to household spending, Lavaca County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Lavaca County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Lavaca County at 20,651 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,476 households. The median household income in Lavaca County is $63,240 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.2% 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. Lavaca County scores 27 for nail salons (lower middle), #1,177 of 1,328 scored counties.

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