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Dentists and orthodontists in Chaffee County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Chaffee County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #868 of 1,886 scored counties
#9 of 34 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,328 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.2
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,831
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,328 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in Chaffee County spend about $13.1M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 21% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Chaffee County has 11 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 11.2 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Chaffee County in 2023. That is one for every 897 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $460K has gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Chaffee County.
Population estimates put the population change in Chaffee County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, Chaffee County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #868 of 1,886 scored counties and #9 of 34 scored counties in Colorado.
How Chaffee County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Chaffee County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.2 | 15.0 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $950K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 897 | 803 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.7% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,328 | $1,423 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $84,132 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 76
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $460K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Chaffee 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 Chaffee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,831+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 9,863
- Median age
- 48.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,013 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $84,132+50.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,166
- Median home value
- $665,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,710
- Daytime population
- 19,418Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Chaffee County marked.
Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 93 | 5 | 5.0 | $3.3M | +16.5% | #1 of 1,886 |
| 2Grand County, CO | 80 | 5 | 6.7 | $2M | +4.8% | #72 of 1,886 |
| 3Teller County, CO | 65 | 8 | 6.7 | $1.9M | 0.0% | #401 of 1,886 |
| 4Weld County, CO | 63 | 147 | 11.8 | $1.2M | +14.2% | #486 of 1,886 |
| 5Summit County, CO | 57 | 12 | 9.6 | $1.6M | +0.9% | #672 of 1,886 |
| 6Fremont County, CO | 56 | 15 | 8.3 | $1.4M | +2.4% | #711 of 1,886 |
| 7Adams County, CO | 54 | 226 | 12.0 | $1.2M | +6.6% | #799 of 1,886 |
| 8Pitkin County, CO | 53 | 10 | 10.9 | $1.4M | −4.2% | #820 of 1,886 |
| 9Chaffee County, CO | 52 | 11 | 11.2 | $1.2M | +6.9% | #868 of 1,886 |
| 10Broomfield County, CO | 52 | 47 | 14.8 | $1.1M | +6.3% | #875 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Chaffee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Chaffee County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 dentists and orthodontists in Chaffee County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Chaffee County, CO spend on medical and dental services?
About $13.1M a year, or $1,328 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 9,863 households in Chaffee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chaffee County, CO compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Chaffee County has 11.2 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.2M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Chaffee County would have about 13, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 897 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Chaffee County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Chaffee County at 20,831 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,863 households. Median household income in Chaffee County is $84,132, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 50.8%, 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. Chaffee County scores 52 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #868 of 1,886 scored counties.
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