Health care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Dentists and orthodontists in the Forrest City, AR area
The dentists and orthodontists in the Forrest City, AR area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #499 of 526 scored small-town markets
#12 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On medical and dental services · $854 a household
- Spending per listing
- $831K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,800
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in the Forrest City area is 23 (low), #499 of 526 scored small-town markets and #12 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 dentists and orthodontists in the Forrest City area. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 10.3 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Households in the Forrest City area spend about $6.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $854 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. That works out to $831K per practice, 16% below the U.S. figure of $984K. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Forrest City area classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,946 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Forrest City area from 2020 to 2025 at −5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Forrest City 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 | Forrest City area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 10.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $831K | $1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,946 | 1,315 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.0% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $854 | $1,022 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $42,574 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Forrest City 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 Forrest City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,800−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,783
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $42,574+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,099
- Median home value
- $90,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,530
- Daytime population
- 21,343Residents 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 Forrest City 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 |
| 12Forrest City, AR | 23 | 8 | 10.3 | $831K | −5.3% | #499 of 526 |
Other business types in the Forrest City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Forrest City, AR area?
There are 8 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in the Forrest City area as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. 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 the Forrest City, AR area spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.6M a year, or $854 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $831K per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,783 households in the Forrest City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Forrest City, AR area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Forrest City area has 10.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $831K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Forrest City area would have about 7, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,946 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the Forrest City, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Forrest City area at 21,800 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,783 households. The median household income in the Forrest City area is $42,574 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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. 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 Forrest City area scores 23 for dentists and orthodontists (low), #499 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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