Health care · Small-town market · Iowa
Dentists and orthodontists in the Fort Dodge, IA area
How the Fort Dodge, IA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #264 of 526 scored small-town markets
#8 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Iowa
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,316 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 58% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,838
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Fort Dodge area comes to about $20.2M a year: $1,316 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 13 dentists and orthodontists, that is $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.
The Fort Dodge area has 13 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 8.5 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Fort Dodge area in 2023. That is one for every 904 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Fort Dodge area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For dentists and orthodontists, the Fort Dodge area has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #264 of 526 scored small-town markets and #8 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Iowa.
How the Fort Dodge area compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Fort Dodge area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 9.5 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.5M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 904 | 1,277 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.6% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,316 | $1,412 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $68,975 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 79 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 113
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 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 the Fort Dodge 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 Fort Dodge area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,838−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 15,375
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 716 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $68,975+45.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,997
- Median home value
- $153,800
- Jobs located here
- 17,395
- Daytime population
- 38,670Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Iowa for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Iowa, with the Fort Dodge area marked.
Top small-town markets in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Le Mars, IA | 78 | 6 | 5.8 | $2.5M | 0.0% | #31 of 526 |
| 2Oskaloosa, IA | 71 | 5 | 5.7 | $2.3M | −1.2% | #65 of 526 |
| 3Clinton, IA | 64 | 15 | 7.7 | $1.8M | −0.9% | #126 of 526 |
| 4Fort Madison, IA | 64 | 11 | 7.7 | $1.7M | −3.6% | #132 of 526 |
| 5Ottumwa, IA | 55 | 12 | 8.6 | $1.5M | −0.3% | #220 of 526 |
| 6Spirit Lake, IA | 54 | 11 | 12.4 | $1.2M | +1.7% | #227 of 526 |
| 7Pella, IA | 50 | 22 | 16.5 | $866K | +2.3% | #262 of 526 |
| 8Fort Dodge, IA | 49 | 13 | 8.5 | $1.6M | −0.4% | #264 of 526 |
| 9Burlington, IA-IL | 46 | 19 | 9.6 | $1.3M | −2.5% | #294 of 526 |
| 10Marshalltown, IA | 46 | 17 | 11.0 | $1.2M | −0.5% | #295 of 526 |
Other business types in the Fort Dodge 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 clinics31
- Dentists and orthodontists49
- Primary care and pediatrics51
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors50
- Physical therapy55
- Optometrists and eye care31
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Fort Dodge, IA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 dentists and orthodontists in the Fort Dodge area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in the Fort Dodge, IA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $20.2M a year, or $1,316 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 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 15,375 households in the Fort Dodge area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fort Dodge, IA area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Fort Dodge area has 8.5 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 35% 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, the Fort Dodge area would have about 21, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 904 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fort Dodge, IA area growing?
Population estimates put the Fort Dodge area at 36,838 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,375 households. Median household income in the Fort Dodge area is $68,975, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 45.3%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Fort Dodge area scores 49 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #264 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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