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Salons, barbers and spas in the East Stroudsburg, PA area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas in the East Stroudsburg, PA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #377 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania

Listings
276
47 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
113
+13.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$61.7M
On personal care products and services · $1,008 a household
Spending per listing
$224K
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
45.1
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
167,179
−0.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 276 salons, barbers and spas in the East Stroudsburg area. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 45.1, 4% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.

Household spending on personal care products and services in the East Stroudsburg area comes to about $61.7M a year: $1,008 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $224K per business, 5% above the U.S. figure of $213K.

Official counts show 113 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the East Stroudsburg area in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019. That is one for every 542 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 359 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $660K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the East Stroudsburg area.

Population estimates show the East Stroudsburg area declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas in the East Stroudsburg area is 41 (lower middle), #377 of 538 scored small-town markets and #12 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania.

How the East Stroudsburg area compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 East Stroudsburg, PA area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureEast Stroudsburg areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households45.140.347.2
Spending per listing$224K$249K$213K
Households per official establishment542643804
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.0%+7.3%+14.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,008$1,004$1,005
Median household income$83,565$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score4145

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
113+13.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
450
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
359Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
27647 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
290The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$660K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services in the East Stroudsburg 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 East Stroudsburg area

Population, 2025 estimate
167,179−0.7% since 2020
Households
61,212
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
608 sq. mi.
People per square mile
275
Median household income
$83,565+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,906
Median home value
$267,600
Jobs located here
50,869
Daytime population
150,408Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Salons, barbers and spas across Pennsylvania

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

Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania

Small-town markets in Pennsylvania ranked for salons, barbers and spas by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hemlock Farms, PA756326.0$389K+7.2%#23 of 538
2Pottsville, PA5618031.0$291K+1.5%#197 of 538
3Huntingdon, PA553923.9$375K−2.4%#208 of 538
4Sunbury, PA5114732.1$278K−1.7%#253 of 538
5Indiana, PA508827.1$316K−0.3%#265 of 538
6Lewistown, PA505529.7$289K0.0%#266 of 538
7Oil City, PA484621.5$396K−2.0%#297 of 538
8Lock Haven, PA485032.4$269K+1.3%#298 of 538
9Sayre, PA468333.7$266K−0.6%#321 of 538
10Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA459937.6$235K+2.3%#330 of 538
12East Stroudsburg, PA4127645.1$224K−0.7%#377 of 538

Other business types in the East Stroudsburg 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 East Stroudsburg, PA area?

There are 276 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the East Stroudsburg area as of September 2026. 47 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 113 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019. Official counts list 359 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the East Stroudsburg, PA area spend on personal care products and services?

About $61.7M a year, or $1,008 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 276 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $224K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,212 households in the East Stroudsburg area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the East Stroudsburg, PA area compare with the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas?

The East Stroudsburg area has 45.1 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $224K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the East Stroudsburg area would have about 290, against 276 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 542 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the East Stroudsburg, PA area growing?

Population estimates put the East Stroudsburg area at 167,179 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,212 households. Median household income in the East Stroudsburg area is $83,565, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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 East Stroudsburg area scores 41 for salons, barbers and spas (lower middle), #377 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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