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Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Illinois

Salons, barbers and spas in the Jacksonville, IL area

How the Jacksonville, IL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #267 of 538 scored small-town markets
#15 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois

Listings
50
12 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.9M
On personal care products and services · $920 a household
Spending per listing
$278K
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
33.1
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,381
−3.1% 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

Household spending on personal care products and services in the Jacksonville area comes to about $13.9M a year: $920 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $278K per business, 31% above the U.S. figure of $213K.

There are 50 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Jacksonville area as of September 2026. 12 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.1, 30% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Jacksonville area in 2023. That is one for every 1,375 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts list 161 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $614K has gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Jacksonville area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Jacksonville area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For salons, barbers and spas, the Jacksonville area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #267 of 538 scored small-town markets and #15 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois.

How the Jacksonville area compares

The same measures for Illinois and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the salons, barbers and spas counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Salons, barbers and spas in Jacksonville, IL area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureJacksonville areaIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households33.145.347.2
Spending per listing$278K$235K$213K
Households per official establishment1,375865804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.2%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$920$1,063$1,005
Median household income$66,353$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score5044

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$600K
One-person businesses, 2023
161Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5012 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
65The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$614K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the Jacksonville area, 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 the Jacksonville area

Population, 2025 estimate
37,381−3.1% since 2020
Households
15,122
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
820 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$66,353+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,058
Median home value
$125,500
Jobs located here
14,940
Daytime population
35,211Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Illinois

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Illinois, with the Jacksonville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Illinois

Small-town markets in Illinois ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Canton, IL682820.3$437K−2.0%#61 of 538
2Rochelle, IL676732.2$313K−0.7%#72 of 538
3Dixon, IL674332.2$297K−3.4%#73 of 538
4Sterling, IL647331.6$291K−2.6%#97 of 538
5Mount Vernon, IL614631.0$287K−2.3%#132 of 538
6Pontiac, IL604933.5$290K−2.1%#146 of 538
7Freeport, IL606131.5$285K−3.0%#148 of 538
8Ottawa, IL5821334.4$279K−1.6%#165 of 538
9Marion-Herrin, IL5811038.0$244K+0.2%#167 of 538
10Taylorville, IL574936.1$249K−1.5%#184 of 538
15Jacksonville, IL505033.1$278K−3.1%#267 of 538

Other business types in the Jacksonville area

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in the Jacksonville, IL area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 50 salons, barbers and spas in the Jacksonville area. 12 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts also show 161 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Jacksonville, IL area spend on personal care products and services?

About $13.9M a year, or $920 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $278K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,122 households in the Jacksonville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Jacksonville, IL area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

The Jacksonville area has 33.1 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $278K, 31% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Jacksonville area would have about 65, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,375 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is the Jacksonville, IL area growing?

Population estimates put the Jacksonville area at 37,381 people in 2025, down 3.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,122 households. The median household income in the Jacksonville area is $66,353 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Jacksonville area scores 50 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #267 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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