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Dentists and orthodontists in Wells County, IN
How Wells 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #315 of 1,886 scored counties
#22 of 70 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,343 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 58% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,883
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Wells County comes to about $15.5M a year: $1,343 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per practice, 58% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
There are 10 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Wells County as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.7, 34% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Wells County in 2023. That is one for every 1,649 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Wells County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, Wells County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #315 of 1,886 scored counties and #22 of 70 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Wells 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.
| Measure | Wells County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 11.3 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.2M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,649 | 1,209 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.3% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,343 | $1,390 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $71,957 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 87
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- 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
- 16The 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 Wells 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 Wells County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,883+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,546
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 368 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $71,957+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,952
- Median home value
- $197,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,127
- Daytime population
- 26,173Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Franklin County, IN | 84 | 5 | 5.4 | $2.6M | +2.2% | #29 of 1,886 |
| 2Dearborn County, IN | 83 | 9 | 4.4 | $3.2M | +1.7% | #35 of 1,886 |
| 3Daviess County, IN | 83 | 5 | 4.2 | $3.1M | +2.5% | #36 of 1,886 |
| 4Morgan County, IN | 83 | 14 | 5.0 | $2.9M | +4.4% | #37 of 1,886 |
| 5Ripley County, IN | 83 | 6 | 5.2 | $2.6M | +1.6% | #40 of 1,886 |
| 6Decatur County, IN | 82 | 6 | 5.6 | $2.5M | +0.4% | #48 of 1,886 |
| 7LaGrange County, IN | 81 | 9 | 7.0 | $2.1M | +1.9% | #59 of 1,886 |
| 8Warrick County, IN | 78 | 14 | 5.6 | $2.8M | +4.4% | #91 of 1,886 |
| 9Adams County, IN | 77 | 6 | 4.8 | $2.7M | +2.2% | #111 of 1,886 |
| 10Putnam County, IN | 76 | 11 | 7.8 | $1.8M | +3.2% | #134 of 1,886 |
| 22Wells County, IN | 68 | 10 | 8.7 | $1.6M | +2.6% | #315 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Wells County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Wells County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 dentists and orthodontists in Wells County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Wells County, IN spend on medical and dental services?
About $15.5M a year, or $1,343 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 11,546 households in Wells County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wells County, IN compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Wells County has 8.7 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.6M, 58% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Wells County would have about 16, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,649 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Wells County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Wells County at 28,883 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,546 households. Median household income in Wells County is $71,957, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.5%, 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. Wells County scores 68 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #315 of 1,886 scored counties.
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