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Dentists and orthodontists in the Cornelia, GA area

How the Cornelia, GA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #298 of 526 scored small-town markets
#12 of 22 scored small-town markets based in Georgia

Listings
17
1 chain location (6%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,056 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.1
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,416
+9.3% 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

Households in the Cornelia area spend about $17.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,056 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 6% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

The Cornelia area has 17 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 10.1 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Cornelia area in 2023. That is one for every 1,289 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Cornelia area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Cornelia area scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #298 of 526 scored small-town markets and #12 of 22 scored small-town markets based in Georgia.

How the Cornelia area compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Cornelia, GA area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureCornelia areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.111.913.1
Spending per listing$1M$964K$984K
Households per official establishment1,2891,112952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.4%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,056$1,150$1,288
Median household income$67,309$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score4644

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13
Employees, 2023
103
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
171 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 the Cornelia 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 Cornelia area

Population, 2025 estimate
50,416+9.3% since 2020
Households
16,753
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
277 sq. mi.
People per square mile
173
Median household income
$67,309+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,702
Median home value
$238,300
Jobs located here
13,258
Daytime population
41,101Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Georgia

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Cornelia area marked.

Top small-town markets in Georgia

Small-town markets in Georgia ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cedartown, GA7295.7$1.7M+6.0%#60 of 526
2Thomaston, GA7165.7$1.7M+2.7%#71 of 526
3Jesup, GA6976.3$1.5M+7.8%#90 of 526
4Jefferson, GA66269.2$1.3M+29.3%#114 of 526
5Calhoun, GA51219.8$1.1M+6.9%#252 of 526
6Kingsland, GA50219.7$1.1M+9.5%#259 of 526
7Bainbridge, GA4976.6$1.4M0.0%#265 of 526
8Moultrie, GA49127.1$1.3M+3.3%#267 of 526
9Douglas, GA48147.5$1.2M+2.9%#277 of 526
10Milledgeville, GA48148.4$1.2M+0.6%#278 of 526
12Cornelia, GA461710.1$1M+9.3%#298 of 526

Other business types in the Cornelia area

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

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Cornelia, GA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 dentists and orthodontists in the Cornelia area. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

How much do households in the Cornelia, GA area spend on medical and dental services?

About $17.7M a year, or $1,056 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 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 16,753 households in the Cornelia area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Cornelia, GA area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

The Cornelia area has 10.1 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Cornelia area would have about 18, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,289 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is the Cornelia, GA area growing?

Population estimates put the Cornelia area at 50,416 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,753 households. Median household income in the Cornelia area is $67,309, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.1%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Cornelia area scores 46 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #298 of 526 scored small-town markets.

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