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Dentists and orthodontists in Latah County, ID

How Latah County, ID compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #824 of 1,886 scored counties
#8 of 24 scored counties in Idaho

Listings
15
1 chain location (7%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19M
On medical and dental services · $1,165 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
29% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.2
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,842
+5.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 dentists and orthodontists in Latah County. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 9.2 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Latah County comes to about $19M a year: $1,165 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 29% above 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.

Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Latah County in 2023. That is one for every 1,162 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Latah County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, Latah County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #824 of 1,886 scored counties and #8 of 24 scored counties in Idaho.

How Latah County compares

The same measures for Idaho 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 Latah County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureLatah CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.214.913.1
Spending per listing$1.3M$848K$984K
Households per official establishment1,162756952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.5%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.6%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,165$1,264$1,288
Median household income$65,424$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score5332

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 14
Employees, 2023
101
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
151 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Latah 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 Latah County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,842+5.6% since 2020
Households
16,270
Median age
35.8
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,080 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$65,424+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,649
Median home value
$368,600
Jobs located here
14,414
Daytime population
38,792Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Idaho

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The highest-scoring counties in Idaho for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Latah County marked.

Top counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Minidoka County, ID6767.4$1.6M+5.7%#347 of 1,886
2Jefferson County, ID6487.8$1.7M+13.6%#434 of 1,886
3Elmore County, ID6398.1$1.4M+2.8%#474 of 1,886
4Shoshone County, ID5858.7$1.2M+7.1%#666 of 1,886
5Gem County, ID5679.2$1.3M+13.0%#720 of 1,886
6Boundary County, ID5559.9$1.2M+15.3%#765 of 1,886
7Fremont County, ID54510.7$1.1M+5.9%#803 of 1,886
8Latah County, ID53159.2$1.3M+5.6%#824 of 1,886
9Canyon County, ID519611.2$1.1M+18.1%#904 of 1,886
10Teton County, ID51715.0$971K+12.9%#918 of 1,886

Other business types in Latah County

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

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in Latah County, ID?

Latah County has 15 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

How much do households in Latah County, ID spend on medical and dental services?

About $19M a year, or $1,165 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,270 households in Latah County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Latah County, ID compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

Latah County has 9.2 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.3M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Latah County would have about 19, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,162 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is Latah County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Latah County at 41,842 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,270 households. The median household income in Latah County is $65,424 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.1% 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. Latah County scores 53 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #824 of 1,886 scored counties.

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