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Dentists and orthodontists in Sumner County, KS

How Sumner County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,308 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
66% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,312
−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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 dentists and orthodontists in Sumner County. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

At $1,308 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Sumner County spend about $11.7M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 4 dentists and orthodontists, that is $2.9M per practice, 3 times the U.S. figure of $984K. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Sumner County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,794 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Sumner County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, Sumner County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Sumner 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 Sumner County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSumner CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.511.313.1
Spending per listing$2.9M$1.3M$984K
Households per official establishment1,7941,150952
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$1,308$1,422$1,288
Median household income$63,951$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored65

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 5
Employees, 2023
29
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Sumner 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 Sumner County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,312−0.1% since 2020
Households
8,970
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,182 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$63,951+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,070
Median home value
$135,100
Jobs located here
5,367
Daytime population
17,716Residents 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 Sumner 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
Sumner County, KSNot scored44.5$2.9M−0.1%

Other business types in Sumner County

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

Questions

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

There are 4 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Sumner County as of September 2026. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

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

About $11.7M a year, or $1,308 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,970 households in Sumner County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sumner County has 4.5 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $2.9M, 3 times the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Sumner County would have about 12, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,794 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is Sumner County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Sumner County at 22,312 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,970 households. The median household income in Sumner County is $63,951 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Sumner County has no market score for dentists and orthodontists: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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