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Dentists and orthodontists in Barbour County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Barbour County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,407 of 1,886 scored counties
#28 of 45 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.1M
- On medical and dental services · $892 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,607
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Barbour County comes to about $8.1M a year: $892 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Barbour County has 8 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 8.8 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Barbour County in 2023. That is one for every 2,282 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Barbour County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For dentists and orthodontists, Barbour County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,407 of 1,886 scored counties and #28 of 45 scored counties in Alabama.
How Barbour County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the dentists and orthodontists 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 | Barbour County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 10.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,282 | 1,425 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $892 | $1,050 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $46,042 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 offices of dentists in Barbour 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 Barbour County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,607−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 9,128
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 885 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $46,042+41.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,126
- Median home value
- $112,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,420
- Daytime population
- 22,553Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 80 | 23 | 5.6 | $2.1M | +18.0% | #71 of 1,886 |
| 2Blount County, AL | 72 | 9 | 4.1 | $2.5M | +1.8% | #210 of 1,886 |
| 3Elmore County, AL | 70 | 24 | 7.3 | $1.5M | +4.2% | #272 of 1,886 |
| 4St. Clair County, AL | 68 | 26 | 7.4 | $1.5M | +7.1% | #321 of 1,886 |
| 5Chilton County, AL | 64 | 13 | 7.3 | $1.4M | +5.9% | #443 of 1,886 |
| 6Russell County, AL | 62 | 10 | 4.2 | $2.2M | −0.6% | #490 of 1,886 |
| 7Franklin County, AL | 60 | 6 | 5.0 | $1.9M | +1.1% | #551 of 1,886 |
| 8Henry County, AL | 60 | 5 | 7.1 | $1.4M | +7.1% | #569 of 1,886 |
| 9Autauga County, AL | 60 | 19 | 8.3 | $1.3M | +5.1% | #574 of 1,886 |
| 10Colbert County, AL | 59 | 15 | 6.2 | $1.6M | +3.8% | #603 of 1,886 |
| 28Barbour County, AL | 37 | 8 | 8.8 | $1M | −1.4% | #1,407 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Barbour County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Barbour County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 dentists and orthodontists in Barbour County. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Barbour County, AL spend on medical and dental services?
About $8.1M a year, or $892 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,128 households in Barbour County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barbour County, AL compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Barbour County has 8.8 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,282 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Barbour County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Barbour County at 24,607 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,128 households. Median household income in Barbour County is $46,042, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.6%, 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. Barbour County scores 37 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #1,407 of 1,886 scored counties.
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