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Dentists and orthodontists in Clay County, IN

The dentists and orthodontists in Clay County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #178 of 1,886 scored counties
#14 of 70 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,364 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
83% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.6
42% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,410
−0.1% 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

For dentists and orthodontists, Clay County has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #178 of 1,886 scored counties and #14 of 70 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for dentists and orthodontists.

At $1,364 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Clay County spend about $14.4M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 8 dentists and orthodontists, that is $1.8M per practice, 83% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

Clay County has 8 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.6, 42% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Clay County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 2,637 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Clay County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Clay County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Clay County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureClay CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.611.313.1
Spending per listing$1.8M$1.2M$984K
Households per official establishment2,6371,209952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.3%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,364$1,390$1,288
Median household income$70,010$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score7468

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
27
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Clay 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 Clay County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,410−0.1% since 2020
Households
10,549
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
358 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$70,010+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,024
Median home value
$153,000
Jobs located here
7,738
Daytime population
24,011Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Franklin County, IN8455.4$2.6M+2.2%#29 of 1,886
2Dearborn County, IN8394.4$3.2M+1.7%#35 of 1,886
3Daviess County, IN8354.2$3.1M+2.5%#36 of 1,886
4Morgan County, IN83145.0$2.9M+4.4%#37 of 1,886
5Ripley County, IN8365.2$2.6M+1.6%#40 of 1,886
6Decatur County, IN8265.6$2.5M+0.4%#48 of 1,886
7LaGrange County, IN8197.0$2.1M+1.9%#59 of 1,886
8Warrick County, IN78145.6$2.8M+4.4%#91 of 1,886
9Adams County, IN7764.8$2.7M+2.2%#111 of 1,886
10Putnam County, IN76117.8$1.8M+3.2%#134 of 1,886
14Clay County, IN7487.6$1.8M−0.1%#178 of 1,886

Other business types in Clay County

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

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in Clay County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 dentists and orthodontists in Clay County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

How much do households in Clay County, IN spend on medical and dental services?

About $14.4M a year, or $1,364 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 10,549 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clay County, IN compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

Clay County has 7.6 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.8M, 83% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Clay County would have about 15, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,637 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is Clay County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Clay County at 26,410 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,549 households. Median household income in Clay County is $70,010, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. Clay County scores 74 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #178 of 1,886 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for dentists and orthodontists · All 56 business types in Clay County

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