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Dentists and orthodontists in Adair County, KY
How Adair County, KY 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #855 of 1,886 scored counties
#14 of 62 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On medical and dental services · $925 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.0
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,423
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Adair County comes to about $6.6M a year: $925 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per practice, 34% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
There are 5 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Adair County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 7.0 per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Adair County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,784 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Adair County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, Adair County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #855 of 1,886 scored counties and #14 of 62 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Adair County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Adair County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.0 | 10.8 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $963K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,784 | 1,260 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $925 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $53,553 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $967K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Adair 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 Adair County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,423+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,136
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 405 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $53,553+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,223
- Median home value
- $150,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,855
- Daytime population
- 17,036Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Graves County, KY | 70 | 5 | 3.5 | $2.7M | +1.4% | #254 of 1,886 |
| 2Anderson County, KY | 70 | 6 | 6.2 | $1.7M | +5.5% | #268 of 1,886 |
| 3Grant County, KY | 67 | 6 | 6.5 | $1.6M | +4.7% | #348 of 1,886 |
| 4Meade County, KY | 66 | 6 | 5.5 | $2M | +2.2% | #370 of 1,886 |
| 5Spencer County, KY | 65 | 7 | 9.6 | $1.3M | +7.7% | #425 of 1,886 |
| 6Lincoln County, KY | 62 | 5 | 5.2 | $1.8M | +4.6% | #497 of 1,886 |
| 7Marion County, KY | 62 | 5 | 6.5 | $1.5M | +2.7% | #505 of 1,886 |
| 8Jessamine County, KY | 61 | 16 | 8.0 | $1.4M | +7.8% | #539 of 1,886 |
| 9Allen County, KY | 61 | 6 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +9.5% | #545 of 1,886 |
| 10Greenup County, KY | 58 | 9 | 6.1 | $1.6M | −1.9% | #639 of 1,886 |
| 14Adair County, KY | 52 | 5 | 7.0 | $1.3M | +2.9% | #855 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Adair 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 Adair County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 dentists and orthodontists in Adair County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Adair County, KY spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.6M a year, or $925 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 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 7,136 households in Adair County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Adair County, KY compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Adair County has 7.0 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.3M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Adair County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,784 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Adair County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Adair County at 19,423 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,136 households. Median household income in Adair County is $53,553, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.9%, 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. Adair County scores 52 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #855 of 1,886 scored counties.
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