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Salons, barbers and spas in Jones County, MS

How Jones County, MS 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,636 of 2,385 scored counties
#24 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
94
10 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.2M
On personal care products and services · $769 a household
Spending per listing
$204K
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
37.7
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,496
−1.0% 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

At $769 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Jones County spend about $19.2M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 94 salons, barbers and spas, that is $204K per business, 4% below the U.S. figure of $213K.

Jones County has 94 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 37.7, 20% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Jones County classed as personal care services. That is one for every 4,991 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts list 400 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $469K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in Jones County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jones County declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in Jones County is 42 (lower middle), #1,636 of 2,385 scored counties and #24 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi.

How Jones County compares

The same measures for Mississippi 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 Jones County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureJones CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households37.741.547.2
Spending per listing$204K$190K$213K
Households per official establishment4,9911,862804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$769$788$1,005
Median household income$52,216$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score4233

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 5
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$639K
One-person businesses, 2023
400Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9410 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
90The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$469K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in Jones 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 Jones County

Population, 2025 estimate
66,496−1.0% since 2020
Households
24,957
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
695 sq. mi.
People per square mile
96
Median household income
$52,216+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,759
Median home value
$143,100
Jobs located here
28,795
Daytime population
69,175Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for salons, barbers and spas, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Jones County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marshall County, MS642015.2$503K+2.6%#478 of 2,385
2Perry County, MS58612.9$555K+1.1%#726 of 2,385
3Itawamba County, MS552222.9$343K+1.3%#877 of 2,385
4Tate County, MS553027.2$301K+2.1%#879 of 2,385
5Yalobusha County, MS52816.0$454K−0.5%#1,028 of 2,385
6Hancock County, MS527838.5$221K+1.6%#1,071 of 2,385
7George County, MS523739.8$203K+8.1%#1,075 of 2,385
8Lawrence County, MS51613.6$516K−1.4%#1,078 of 2,385
9Smith County, MS511017.9$425K−1.5%#1,081 of 2,385
10Jackson County, MS5123440.6$208K+3.0%#1,136 of 2,385
24Jones County, MS429437.7$204K−1.0%#1,636 of 2,385

Other business types in Jones County

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

Questions

How many salons, barbers and spas are in Jones County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 94 salons, barbers and spas in Jones County. 10 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023. Official counts also show 400 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Jones County, MS spend on personal care products and services?

About $19.2M a year, or $769 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 94 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $204K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,957 households in Jones County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jones County, MS compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

Jones County has 37.7 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $204K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, Jones County would have about 90, against 94 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,991 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S.

How fast is Jones County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Jones County at 66,496 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,957 households. The median household income in Jones County is $52,216 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Jones County scores 42 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #1,636 of 2,385 scored counties.

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