Health care · Small-town market · Georgia
Dentists and orthodontists in the Thomasville, GA area
How the Thomasville, 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #318 of 526 scored small-town markets
#13 of 22 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 27
- 3 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29M
- On medical and dental services · $1,007 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,958
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,007 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in the Thomasville area spend about $29M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $1.1M per practice, 9% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
The Thomasville area has 27 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Thomasville area in 2023. That is one for every 1,600 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Thomasville area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in the Thomasville area is 44 (lower middle), #318 of 526 scored small-town markets and #13 of 22 scored small-town markets based in Georgia.
How the Thomasville 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.
| Measure | Thomasville area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 11.9 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $964K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,600 | 1,112 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,007 | $1,150 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $60,262 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 163
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 273 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Thomasville 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 Thomasville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,958+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 28,792
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 999 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 72
- Median household income
- $60,262
- Average household income
- $80,075
- Median home value
- $180,600
- Jobs located here
- 27,454
- Daytime population
- 70,004Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cedartown, GA | 72 | 9 | 5.7 | $1.7M | +6.0% | #60 of 526 |
| 2Thomaston, GA | 71 | 6 | 5.7 | $1.7M | +2.7% | #71 of 526 |
| 3Jesup, GA | 69 | 7 | 6.3 | $1.5M | +7.8% | #90 of 526 |
| 4Jefferson, GA | 66 | 26 | 9.2 | $1.3M | +29.3% | #114 of 526 |
| 5Calhoun, GA | 51 | 21 | 9.8 | $1.1M | +6.9% | #252 of 526 |
| 6Kingsland, GA | 50 | 21 | 9.7 | $1.1M | +9.5% | #259 of 526 |
| 7Bainbridge, GA | 49 | 7 | 6.6 | $1.4M | 0.0% | #265 of 526 |
| 8Moultrie, GA | 49 | 12 | 7.1 | $1.3M | +3.3% | #267 of 526 |
| 9Douglas, GA | 48 | 14 | 7.5 | $1.2M | +2.9% | #277 of 526 |
| 10Milledgeville, GA | 48 | 14 | 8.4 | $1.2M | +0.6% | #278 of 526 |
| 13Thomasville, GA | 44 | 27 | 9.4 | $1.1M | +1.3% | #318 of 526 |
Other business types in the Thomasville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics36
- Dentists and orthodontists44
- Primary care and pediatrics28
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors53
- Physical therapy34
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Thomasville, GA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 dentists and orthodontists in the Thomasville area. 3 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in the Thomasville, GA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $29M a year, or $1,007 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 28,792 households in the Thomasville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Thomasville, GA area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Thomasville area has 9.4 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.1M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Thomasville area would have about 30, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,600 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the Thomasville, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Thomasville area at 72,958 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,792 households. Median household income in the Thomasville area is $60,262, 25% 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. 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 Thomasville area scores 44 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #318 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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