Health care · County · Arkansas
Dentists and orthodontists in Little River County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Little River County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.8M
- On medical and dental services · $986 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 61% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,763
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Little River County spend about $4.8M a year on medical and dental services, or $986 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 61% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Little River County has 3 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of dentists in Little River County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Little River County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, Little River County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Little River County 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 | Little River County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 10.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,315 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.0% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $986 | $1,022 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $53,344 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Little River 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 Little River County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,763−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,820
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 531 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $53,344+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,347
- Median home value
- $113,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,100
- Daytime population
- 10,183Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carroll County, AR | 70 | 6 | 5.3 | $1.8M | +3.6% | #265 of 1,886 |
| 2Hot Spring County, AR | 64 | 6 | 4.9 | $2M | +1.1% | #427 of 1,886 |
| 3Crawford County, AR | 63 | 15 | 6.4 | $1.6M | +4.1% | #470 of 1,886 |
| 4Saline County, AR | 63 | 42 | 8.4 | $1.3M | +7.6% | #479 of 1,886 |
| 5Johnson County, AR | 61 | 5 | 4.8 | $1.9M | +2.0% | #524 of 1,886 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 60 | 23 | 8.1 | $1.3M | +3.5% | #575 of 1,886 |
| 7Poinsett County, AR | 50 | 5 | 5.7 | $1.6M | −2.0% | #922 of 1,886 |
| 8Benton County, AR | 47 | 141 | 12.6 | $993K | +16.0% | #1,067 of 1,886 |
| 9Washington County, AR | 45 | 97 | 10.0 | $1.1M | +9.9% | #1,132 of 1,886 |
| 10Miller County, AR | 42 | 14 | 8.6 | $1.1M | −0.5% | #1,220 of 1,886 |
| Little River County, AR | Not scored | 3 | 6.2 | $1.6M | −1.8% |
Other business types in Little River 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Little River County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 dentists and orthodontists in Little River County. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. No official count is published for offices of dentists in Little River County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Little River County, AR spend on medical and dental services?
About $4.8M a year, or $986 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 4,820 households in Little River County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Little River County, AR compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Little River County has 6.2 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.6M, 61% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Little River County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Little River County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Little River County at 11,763 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,820 households. Median household income in Little River County is $53,344, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Little River County has no market score for dentists and orthodontists: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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