Health care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Dentists and orthodontists in the El Dorado, AR area
How the El Dorado, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #513 of 526 scored small-town markets
#13 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 18
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.5M
- On medical and dental services · $969 a household
- Spending per listing
- $808K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.0
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,926
- −5.2% since 2020
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What this means
For dentists and orthodontists, the El Dorado area has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #513 of 526 scored small-town markets and #13 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $969 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in the El Dorado area spend about $14.5M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 18 dentists and orthodontists, that is $808K per practice, 18% below the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
The El Dorado area has 18 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 12.0 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the El Dorado area in 2023. That is one for every 1,500 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the El Dorado area declined 5.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the El Dorado area compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | El Dorado area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.0 | 10.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $808K | $1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,500 | 1,315 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.0% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.2% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $969 | $1,022 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $55,259 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 64
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 181 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 the El Dorado 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 El Dorado area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,926−5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 15,002
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,039 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $55,259+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,348
- Median home value
- $120,900
- Jobs located here
- 17,166
- Daytime population
- 38,875Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the El Dorado area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Malvern, AR | 68 | 6 | 4.9 | $2M | +1.1% | #92 of 526 |
| 2Paragould, AR | 44 | 20 | 11.1 | $875K | +3.4% | #323 of 526 |
| 3Camden, AR | 40 | 7 | 6.8 | $1.4M | −3.6% | #359 of 526 |
| 4Mountain Home, AR | 39 | 22 | 11.4 | $824K | +3.1% | #376 of 526 |
| 5Blytheville, AR | 38 | 13 | 8.4 | $1.1M | −6.7% | #378 of 526 |
| 6Russellville, AR | 36 | 30 | 9.2 | $1.1M | +1.6% | #394 of 526 |
| 7Searcy, AR | 36 | 32 | 10.8 | $886K | +4.2% | #401 of 526 |
| 8Pine Bluff, AR | 34 | 24 | 8.9 | $1.1M | −5.6% | #410 of 526 |
| 9Magnolia, AR | 33 | 7 | 8.3 | $1.1M | −3.7% | #418 of 526 |
| 10Harrison, AR | 33 | 18 | 9.7 | $985K | +2.4% | #421 of 526 |
| 13El Dorado, AR | 20 | 18 | 12.0 | $808K | −5.2% | #513 of 526 |
Other business types in the El Dorado area
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Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in the El Dorado, AR area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 dentists and orthodontists in the El Dorado area. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in the El Dorado, AR area spend on medical and dental services?
About $14.5M a year, or $969 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $808K 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 15,002 households in the El Dorado area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the El Dorado, AR area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The El Dorado area has 12.0 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $808K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the El Dorado area would have about 15, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,500 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the El Dorado, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the El Dorado area at 36,926 people in 2025, down 5.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,002 households. Median household income in the El Dorado area is $55,259, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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 El Dorado area scores 20 for dentists and orthodontists (low), #513 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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