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Dentists and orthodontists in San Miguel County, CO
How San Miguel County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,370 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 7,753
- −3.7% since 2020
See the dentists and orthodontists around any address in San Miguel County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 dentist or orthodontist in San Miguel County. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on medical and dental services in San Miguel County comes to about $6.3M a year: $1,370 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $6.3M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in San Miguel County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of San Miguel County declined 3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How San Miguel 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 | San Miguel County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 15.0 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $6.3M | $950K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 803 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.7% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.7% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,370 | $1,423 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $79,024 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 43 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 San Miguel 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 San Miguel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,753−3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 4,604
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,287 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $79,024
- Average household income
- $141,798
- Median home value
- $720,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,337
- Daytime population
- 10,186Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in San Miguel County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the dentists and orthodontists on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| San Miguel County, CO | Not scored | 1 | 2.2 | $6.3M | −3.7% |
Other business types in San Miguel County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 San Miguel County, CO?
There is 1 dentist or orthodontist on map listings in San Miguel County as of September 2026. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. No official count is published for offices of dentists in San Miguel County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in San Miguel County, CO spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.3M a year, or $1,370 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dentist or orthodontist on map listings, it comes to $6.3M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,604 households in San Miguel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Miguel County, CO compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
San Miguel County has 1 dentist or orthodontist on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, San Miguel County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is San Miguel County, CO growing?
Population estimates put San Miguel County at 7,753 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,604 households. The median household income in San Miguel County is $79,024 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in San Miguel County. It maps the dentists and orthodontists on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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