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Dentists and orthodontists in Crawford County, KS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Crawford County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,000 of 1,886 scored counties
#19 of 29 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
15
1 chain location (7%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19M
On medical and dental services · $1,201 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
29% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.5
27% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,008
+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

Household spending on medical and dental services in Crawford County comes to about $19M a year: $1,201 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 29% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

There are 15 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Crawford County as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.5, 27% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Crawford County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,320 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Crawford County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, Crawford County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,000 of 1,886 scored counties and #19 of 29 scored counties in Kansas.

How Crawford County compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Crawford County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.511.313.1
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.3M$984K
Households per official establishment1,3201,150952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.4%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,201$1,422$1,288
Median household income$52,844$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score4865

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 12
Employees, 2023
115
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
151 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County

Population, 2025 estimate
39,008+0.1% since 2020
Households
15,838
Median age
35.3
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
590 sq. mi.
People per square mile
66
Median household income
$52,844+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,498
Median home value
$132,600
Jobs located here
17,159
Daytime population
39,240Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Kansas

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

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pottawatomie County, KS9166.4$2.4M+6.9%#7 of 1,886
2Leavenworth County, KS86206.6$2.3M+3.2%#18 of 1,886
3Butler County, KS85135.1$2.8M+3.1%#20 of 1,886
4Miami County, KS81139.5$1.6M+5.9%#63 of 1,886
5Jefferson County, KS7956.7$2.2M−0.2%#83 of 1,886
6Geary County, KS7553.5$3.5M−1.2%#139 of 1,886
7Dickinson County, KS7167.5$1.8M+1.4%#240 of 1,886
8Seward County, KS6956.9$1.9M−3.6%#284 of 1,886
9Harvey County, KS65139.5$1.4M−1.2%#419 of 1,886
10Franklin County, KS641211.5$1.2M+1.1%#448 of 1,886
19Crawford County, KS48159.5$1.3M+0.1%#1,000 of 1,886

Other business types in Crawford County

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

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in Crawford County, KS?

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 dentists and orthodontists in Crawford County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

How much do households in Crawford County, KS spend on medical and dental services?

About $19M a year, or $1,201 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 15,838 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crawford County, KS compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

Crawford County has 9.5 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.3M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Crawford County would have about 19, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,320 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 39,008 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,838 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $52,844, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Crawford County scores 48 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #1,000 of 1,886 scored counties.

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