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Dentists and orthodontists in Mitchell County, GA
How Mitchell County, GA 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
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.3M
- On medical and dental services · $940 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 71% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,467
- −5.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 dentists and orthodontists in Mitchell County. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Households in Mitchell County spend about $7.3M a year on medical and dental services, or $940 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.5 times 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Mitchell County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,604 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mitchell County declined 5.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, Mitchell County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Mitchell County 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.
| Measure | Mitchell County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $964K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,604 | 1,112 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $940 | $1,150 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $57,613 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $862K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Mitchell 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 Mitchell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,467−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,813
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 512 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $57,613+51.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,473
- Median home value
- $106,000
- Jobs located here
- 6,563
- Daytime population
- 19,221Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Effingham County, GA | 83 | 15 | 6.2 | $1.9M | +14.1% | #45 of 1,886 |
| 2Haralson County, GA | 81 | 6 | 5.1 | $2.1M | +10.0% | #58 of 1,886 |
| 3Putnam County, GA | 80 | 6 | 5.7 | $2M | +7.0% | #73 of 1,886 |
| 4Monroe County, GA | 78 | 6 | 5.7 | $2.1M | +14.1% | #99 of 1,886 |
| 5Walker County, GA | 77 | 7 | 2.7 | $3.8M | +3.7% | #107 of 1,886 |
| 6Lee County, GA | 75 | 7 | 5.7 | $2M | +2.9% | #149 of 1,886 |
| 7Lumpkin County, GA | 75 | 7 | 6.0 | $1.9M | +7.5% | #156 of 1,886 |
| 8Paulding County, GA | 72 | 47 | 7.8 | $1.6M | +12.7% | #221 of 1,886 |
| 9Franklin County, GA | 71 | 5 | 5.6 | $1.7M | +10.5% | #242 of 1,886 |
| 10Gilmer County, GA | 70 | 7 | 5.4 | $2M | +7.9% | #263 of 1,886 |
| Mitchell County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 3.8 | $2.4M | −5.6% |
Other business types in Mitchell County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Auto
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Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Mitchell County, GA?
Mitchell 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 Mitchell County, GA spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.3M a year, or $940 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 $2.4M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,813 households in Mitchell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mitchell County, GA compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Mitchell County has 3.8 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $2.4M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Mitchell County would have about 8, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,604 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Mitchell County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Mitchell County at 20,467 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,813 households. The median household income in Mitchell County is $57,613 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 51.1% 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. Mitchell 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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