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Dentists and orthodontists in Huntington County, IN

How Huntington County, IN 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #172 of 1,886 scored counties
#11 of 70 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
10
2 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.2M
On medical and dental services · $1,314 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.5
50% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,224
+1.6% 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

The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in Huntington County is 74 (upper middle), #172 of 1,886 scored counties and #11 of 70 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for dentists and orthodontists.

At $1,314 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Huntington County spend about $20.2M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 10 dentists and orthodontists, that is $2M per practice, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

Huntington County has 10 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Huntington County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,925 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates show Huntington County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Huntington 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 Huntington County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureHuntington CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.511.313.1
Spending per listing$2M$1.2M$984K
Households per official establishment1,9251,209952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.3%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,314$1,390$1,288
Median household income$66,301$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score7468

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 8
Employees, 2023
84
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
102 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 Huntington 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 Huntington County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,224+1.6% since 2020
Households
15,403
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
383 sq. mi.
People per square mile
96
Median household income
$66,301+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,629
Median home value
$161,600
Jobs located here
13,407
Daytime population
32,341Residents 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 Huntington 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
11Huntington County, IN74106.5$2M+1.6%#172 of 1,886

Other business types in Huntington County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 dentists and orthodontists in Huntington County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

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

About $20.2M a year, or $1,314 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 15,403 households in Huntington County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Huntington County has 6.5 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $2M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Huntington County would have about 21, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,925 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is Huntington County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Huntington County at 37,224 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,403 households. Median household income in Huntington County is $66,301, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.6%, 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. Huntington County scores 74 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #172 of 1,886 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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