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Dentists and orthodontists in Blount County, AL
How Blount County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #210 of 1,886 scored counties
#2 of 45 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,020 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 69% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 60,156
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Blount County comes to about $22.6M a year: $1,020 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Blount County has 9 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 4.1 for every 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Blount County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 3,169 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Blount County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Blount County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #210 of 1,886 scored counties and #2 of 45 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Blount 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 | Blount County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 10.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,169 | 1,425 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,020 | $1,050 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $64,190 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Blount 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 Blount County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 60,156+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 22,180
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 645 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $64,190+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,889
- Median home value
- $175,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,571
- Daytime population
- 43,189Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Blount County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Blount 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics63
- Dentists and orthodontists72
- Primary care and pediatrics51
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy59
- Optometrists and eye care58
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Blount County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 dentists and orthodontists in Blount County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Blount County, AL spend on medical and dental services?
About $22.6M a year, or $1,020 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 22,180 households in Blount County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Blount County, AL compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Blount County has 4.1 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $2.5M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Blount County would have about 23, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,169 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Blount County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Blount County at 60,156 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,180 households. Median household income in Blount County is $64,190, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, 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. Blount County scores 72 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #210 of 1,886 scored counties.
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