Beauty and personal care · County · Kansas
Salons, barbers and spas in Nemaha County, KS
How Nemaha County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #934 of 2,385 scored counties
#13 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 14
- 2 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.9M
- On personal care products and services · $978 a household
- Spending per listing
- $282K
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.7
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,054
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $978 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Nemaha County spend about $3.9M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $282K of household spending for each business on map listings, 32% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
Nemaha County has 14 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 34.7, 26% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for personal care services in Nemaha County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Nemaha County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For salons, barbers and spas, Nemaha County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #934 of 2,385 scored counties and #13 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.
How Nemaha County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Nemaha County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.7 | 40.5 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $282K | $246K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 974 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.3% | +14.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $978 | $996 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $77,348 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 54 |
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
- 33Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 142 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Nemaha 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 Nemaha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,054−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,031
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 717 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $77,348+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,466
- Median home value
- $217,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,896
- Daytime population
- 10,592Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pottawatomie County, KS | 79 | 20 | 21.3 | $503K | +6.9% | #82 of 2,385 |
| 2Jackson County, KS | 78 | 7 | 14.0 | $689K | +1.5% | #97 of 2,385 |
| 3Jefferson County, KS | 77 | 12 | 16.2 | $636K | −0.2% | #113 of 2,385 |
| 4Leavenworth County, KS | 70 | 88 | 29.2 | $368K | +3.2% | #283 of 2,385 |
| 5Osage County, KS | 69 | 13 | 20.2 | $465K | −0.3% | #302 of 2,385 |
| 6Miami County, KS | 67 | 51 | 37.1 | $287K | +5.9% | #392 of 2,385 |
| 7Wyandotte County, KS | 66 | 172 | 27.9 | $321K | +1.0% | #424 of 2,385 |
| 8Marion County, KS | 61 | 11 | 23.2 | $391K | −1.3% | #591 of 2,385 |
| 9Butler County, KS | 60 | 99 | 39.1 | $262K | +3.1% | #660 of 2,385 |
| 10Sumner County, KS | 59 | 28 | 31.2 | $295K | −0.1% | #694 of 2,385 |
| 13Nemaha County, KS | 54 | 14 | 34.7 | $282K | −2.1% | #934 of 2,385 |
Other business types in Nemaha 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 spas54
- Hair salons60
- 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 Nemaha County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 salons, barbers and spas in Nemaha County. 2 of them (14%) 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 Nemaha County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Nemaha County, KS spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.9M a year, or $978 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $282K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,031 households in Nemaha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nemaha County, KS compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?
Nemaha County has 34.7 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $282K, 32% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Nemaha County would have about 19, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is Nemaha County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Nemaha County at 10,054 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,031 households. The median household income in Nemaha County is $77,348 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Nemaha County scores 54 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #934 of 2,385 scored counties.
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