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Nail salons in Wood County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for nail salons in Wood County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #487 of 1,328 scored counties
#26 of 110 scored counties in Texas

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$15.3M
On personal care products and services · $820 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
49,688
+10.3% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in Wood County comes to about $15.3M a year: $820 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 15% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.

There are 8 nail salons on map listings in Wood County as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 27% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in Wood County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 23 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Wood County from 2020 to 2025 at +10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For nail salons, Wood County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #487 of 1,328 scored counties and #26 of 110 scored counties in Texas.

How Wood 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 Wood County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWood CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.37.26.0
Spending per listing$1.9M$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+10.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$820$937$1,005
Median household income$60,300$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5740

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
23Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
81 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Wood 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 Wood County

Population, 2025 estimate
49,688+10.3% since 2020
Households
18,672
Median age
47.3
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
645 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$60,300+12.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,843
Median home value
$216,500
Jobs located here
10,092
Daytime population
39,806Residents 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 Wood 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
26Wood County, TX5784.3$1.9M+10.3%#487 of 1,328

Other business types in Wood County

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

Questions

How many nail salons are in Wood County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 nail salons in Wood County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in Wood County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $15.3M a year, or $820 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 18,672 households in Wood County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wood County has 4.3 nail salons per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $1.9M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, Wood County would have about 9, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is Wood County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Wood County at 49,688 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,672 households. Median household income in Wood County is $60,300, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.9%, 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. Wood County scores 57 for nail salons (upper middle), #487 of 1,328 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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