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Dentists and orthodontists in Pike County, AR

How Pike County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.9M
On medical and dental services · $944 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.3
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,964
−1.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 dentists and orthodontists in Pike County. That is 7.3 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Pike County comes to about $3.9M a year: $944 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 dentists and orthodontists, that is $1.3M per practice, 31% above 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 3 businesses with payroll in Pike County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,361 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Pike County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, Pike County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Pike 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.

Dentists and orthodontists in Pike County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasurePike CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.310.113.1
Spending per listing$1.3M$1M$984K
Households per official establishment1,3611,315952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.0%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$944$1,022$1,288
Median household income$49,269$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$587K
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
4The 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 Pike 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 Pike County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,964−1.9% since 2020
Households
4,082
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
600 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$49,269+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,457
Median home value
$121,600
Jobs located here
2,390
Daytime population
8,981Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Pike County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Carroll County, AR7065.3$1.8M+3.6%#265 of 1,886
2Hot Spring County, AR6464.9$2M+1.1%#427 of 1,886
3Crawford County, AR63156.4$1.6M+4.1%#470 of 1,886
4Saline County, AR63428.4$1.3M+7.6%#479 of 1,886
5Johnson County, AR6154.8$1.9M+2.0%#524 of 1,886
6Lonoke County, AR60238.1$1.3M+3.5%#575 of 1,886
7Poinsett County, AR5055.7$1.6M−2.0%#922 of 1,886
8Benton County, AR4714112.6$993K+16.0%#1,067 of 1,886
9Washington County, AR459710.0$1.1M+9.9%#1,132 of 1,886
10Miller County, AR42148.6$1.1M−0.5%#1,220 of 1,886
Pike County, ARNot scored37.3$1.3M−1.9%

Other business types in Pike County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in Pike County, AR?

Pike County has 3 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

How much do households in Pike County, AR spend on medical and dental services?

About $3.9M a year, or $944 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,082 households in Pike County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pike County, AR compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

Pike County has 7.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.3M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Pike County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,361 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is Pike County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Pike County at 9,964 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,082 households. The median household income in Pike County is $49,269 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.0% 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. 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. Pike 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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