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Dentists and orthodontists in the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area

How the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #194 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
337
58 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
313
+6.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$339.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,386 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.7
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
823,815
+5.5% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Stockton-Lodi metro area comes to about $339.9M a year: $1,386 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

The Stockton-Lodi metro area has 337 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 13.7 for every 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 13.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 313 businesses with payroll in the Stockton-Lodi metro area classed as offices of dentists, up 6.1% from 2019. That is one for every 784 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $696K has gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Stockton-Lodi metro area.

Population estimates show the Stockton-Lodi metro area grew 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Stockton-Lodi metro area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #194 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.

How the Stockton-Lodi metro area compares

The same measures for California 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 Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureStockton-Lodi metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.717.913.1
Spending per listing$1M$817K$984K
Households per official establishment784595952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.1%+1.8%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,386$1,464$1,288
Median household income$92,179$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score4922

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
313+6.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,295
Annual payroll, 2023
$143.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
33758 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
346The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$696K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Stockton-Lodi metro 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 Stockton-Lodi metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
823,815+5.5% since 2020
Households
245,250
Median age
35.9
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,392 sq. mi.
People per square mile
573
Median household income
$92,179+43.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$117,604
Median home value
$530,700
Jobs located here
284,408
Daytime population
748,070Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in California, with the Stockton-Lodi metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1El Centro, CA72316.2$1.8M+1.1%#34 of 387
2Yuba City, CA626610.7$1.2M+3.3%#111 of 387
3Bakersfield-Delano, CA5631010.9$1.1M+2.3%#141 of 387
4Hanford-Corcoran, CA524610.4$1.2M+1.0%#177 of 387
5Merced, CA519310.8$1.1M+5.1%#182 of 387
6Stockton-Lodi, CA4933713.7$1M+5.5%#194 of 387
7Visalia, CA4416311.4$1.1M+2.4%#234 of 387
8Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA372,19715.1$900K+3.5%#301 of 387
9Vallejo, CA3624815.7$919K+0.6%#312 of 387
10Salinas, CA3419214.5$984K−1.5%#320 of 387

Other business types in the Stockton-Lodi metro area

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Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 337 dentists and orthodontists in the Stockton-Lodi metro area. 58 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 313 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, up 6.1% from 2019.

How much do households in the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $339.9M a year, or $1,386 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 337 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 245,250 households in the Stockton-Lodi metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

The Stockton-Lodi metro area has 13.7 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Stockton-Lodi metro area would have about 346, against 337 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 784 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Stockton-Lodi metro area at 823,815 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 245,250 households. Median household income in the Stockton-Lodi metro area is $92,179, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.1%, 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. The Stockton-Lodi metro area scores 49 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #194 of 387 scored metro areas.

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