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Dentists and orthodontists in Rock Island County, IL

How Rock Island County, IL 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #926 of 1,886 scored counties
#47 of 64 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
59
7 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
51
−8.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$82.3M
On medical and dental services · $1,333 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
42% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.6
27% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
141,869
−1.7% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in Rock Island County comes to about $82.3M a year: $1,333 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per practice, 42% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

Rock Island County has 59 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 9.6 per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 51 businesses with payroll in Rock Island County classed as offices of dentists, down 8.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,210 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.4M has gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Rock Island County.

Population estimates put the population change in Rock Island County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Rock Island County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #926 of 1,886 scored counties and #47 of 64 scored counties in Illinois.

How Rock Island County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Rock Island County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureRock Island CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.613.813.1
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.1M$984K
Households per official establishment1,210871952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−8.9%−2.7%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,333$1,517$1,288
Median household income$67,159$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score5048

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
56 → 51−8.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
432
Annual payroll, 2023
$24.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
597 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
84The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Rock Island 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 Rock Island County

Population, 2025 estimate
141,869−1.7% since 2020
Households
61,733
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
428 sq. mi.
People per square mile
334
Median household income
$67,159+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,299
Median home value
$150,400
Jobs located here
67,505
Daytime population
147,154Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Rock Island County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Woodford County, IL7985.4$2.8M−0.8%#80 of 1,886
2Douglas County, IL7556.4$2.1M+0.5%#147 of 1,886
3Grundy County, IL75209.7$1.6M+2.9%#160 of 1,886
4Christian County, IL7453.7$3.5M−1.5%#161 of 1,886
5Livingston County, IL7474.8$2.9M−2.1%#162 of 1,886
6Bureau County, IL7485.7$2.3M−2.1%#168 of 1,886
7Clinton County, IL73117.5$2M+0.6%#197 of 1,886
8Ogle County, IL73167.7$1.9M−0.7%#199 of 1,886
9Crawford County, IL7156.7$2M+0.1%#234 of 1,886
10Kendall County, IL715211.5$1.5M+9.9%#250 of 1,886
47Rock Island County, IL50599.6$1.4M−1.7%#926 of 1,886

Other business types in Rock Island County

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

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in Rock Island County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 59 dentists and orthodontists in Rock Island County. 7 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, down 8.9% from 2019.

How much do households in Rock Island County, IL spend on medical and dental services?

About $82.3M a year, or $1,333 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 61,733 households in Rock Island County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Rock Island County, IL compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

Rock Island County has 9.6 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.4M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Rock Island County would have about 84, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,210 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Rock Island County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Rock Island County at 141,869 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,733 households. Median household income in Rock Island County is $67,159, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Rock Island County scores 50 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #926 of 1,886 scored counties.

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