Beauty and personal care · County · Indiana
Salons, barbers and spas in Parke County, IN
The salons, barbers and spas in Parke County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #96 of 2,385 scored counties
#4 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.6M
- On personal care products and services · $905 a household
- Spending per listing
- $696K
- 3.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.0
- 72% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,642
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
For salons, barbers and spas, Parke County has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #96 of 2,385 scored counties and #4 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for salons, barbers and spas.
Households in Parke County spend about $5.6M a year on personal care products and services, or $905 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 salons, barbers and spas, that is $696K per business, 3.3 times the U.S. figure of $213K.
Parke County has 8 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 15% across the U.S. That comes to 13.0 for every 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for personal care services in Parke County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Parke County grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Parke County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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.
| Measure | Parke County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.0 | 39.5 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $696K | $246K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,157 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.9% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $905 | $971 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,485 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 59 |
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
- 31Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 personal care services in Parke 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 Parke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,642+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,147
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 445 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $68,485+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,742
- Median home value
- $151,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,269
- Daytime population
- 13,458Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1LaGrange County, IN | 81 | 19 | 14.7 | $693K | +1.9% | #56 of 2,385 |
| 2Brown County, IN | 80 | 13 | 19.2 | $520K | +1.9% | #62 of 2,385 |
| 3Morgan County, IN | 79 | 86 | 30.4 | $335K | +4.4% | #91 of 2,385 |
| 4Parke County, IN | 78 | 8 | 13.0 | $696K | +3.0% | #96 of 2,385 |
| 5Posey County, IN | 76 | 21 | 19.9 | $505K | −0.8% | #129 of 2,385 |
| 6Shelby County, IN | 76 | 50 | 27.1 | $353K | +1.8% | #148 of 2,385 |
| 7Newton County, IN | 75 | 10 | 17.5 | $519K | +2.9% | #162 of 2,385 |
| 8Gibson County, IN | 75 | 26 | 19.3 | $484K | +0.1% | #165 of 2,385 |
| 9Noble County, IN | 75 | 43 | 23.7 | $398K | +1.0% | #170 of 2,385 |
| 10Hancock County, IN | 75 | 123 | 36.7 | $303K | +13.5% | #174 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Parke 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 spas78
- Hair salons76
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many salons, barbers and spas are in Parke County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 salons, barbers and spas in Parke County. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. No official count is published for personal care services in Parke County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 31 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Parke County, IN spend on personal care products and services?
About $5.6M a year, or $905 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $696K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,147 households in Parke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Parke County, IN compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Parke County has 13.0 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $696K, 3.3 times the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Parke County would have about 26, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Parke County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Parke County at 16,642 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,147 households. The median household income in Parke County is $68,485 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% 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. Parke County scores 78 for salons, barbers and spas (high), #96 of 2,385 scored counties.
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