Health care · Metro area · Indiana
Dentists and orthodontists in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area
How the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #54 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 84
- 15 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 72
- +3.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $119.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,315 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 228,468
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,315 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area spend about $119.2M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 84 dentists and orthodontists, that is $1.4M per practice, 44% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
The Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area has 84 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area was 72 in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,260 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $821K have gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area is 70 (upper middle), #54 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area 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.
| Measure | Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 11.3 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.2M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,260 | 1,209 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.0% | −3.3% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,315 | $1,390 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $62,011 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 72+3.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 563
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8415 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 121The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $821K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro 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 Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 228,468+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 90,706
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,642 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 138
- Median household income
- $62,011+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,994
- Median home value
- $226,100
- Jobs located here
- 106,732
- Daytime population
- 234,551Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Wayne, IN | 72 | 187 | 10.3 | $1.3M | +3.9% | #38 of 387 |
| 2South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 71 | 125 | 9.7 | $1.4M | +0.1% | #47 of 387 |
| 3Bloomington, IN | 71 | 67 | 9.9 | $1.4M | +2.0% | #48 of 387 |
| 4Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 70 | 84 | 9.3 | $1.4M | +2.1% | #54 of 387 |
| 5Evansville, IN | 70 | 114 | 10.0 | $1.4M | +1.6% | #56 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 70 | 984 | 10.9 | $1.3M | +2.7% | #57 of 387 |
| 6Terre Haute, IN | 67 | 65 | 9.6 | $1.3M | +0.3% | #70 of 387 |
| 7Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 65 | 45 | 10.3 | $1.3M | −0.9% | #84 of 387 |
| 8Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 63 | 76 | 10.5 | $1.3M | +0.9% | #98 of 387 |
| 9Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 63 | 1,124 | 13.3 | $1.1M | +5.4% | #104 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro 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 clinics72
- Dentists and orthodontists70
- Primary care and pediatrics69
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors77
- Physical therapy65
- Optometrists and eye care54
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 84 dentists and orthodontists in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area. 15 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $119.2M a year, or $1,315 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 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 90,706 households in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area has 9.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.4M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area would have about 121, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,260 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area at 228,468 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 90,706 households. Median household income in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area is $62,011, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. The Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area scores 70 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #54 of 387 scored metro areas.
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