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Dentists and orthodontists in Caldwell County, KY
The dentists and orthodontists in Caldwell County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.9M
- On medical and dental services · $982 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 12,609
- −0.3% since 2020
See the dentists and orthodontists around any address in Caldwell County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 dentists and orthodontists in Caldwell County. That is 4.0 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Caldwell County comes to about $4.9M a year: $982 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each practice on map listings. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Caldwell County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Caldwell County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, Caldwell County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Caldwell 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 | Caldwell County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 10.8 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $963K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,260 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $982 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $59,583 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,609−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,025
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 345 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $59,583+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,080
- Median home value
- $118,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,936
- Daytime population
- 12,242Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Caldwell County?
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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 |
| Caldwell County, KY | Not scored | 2 | 4.0 | $2.5M | −0.3% |
Other business types in Caldwell County
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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Caldwell County, KY?
Caldwell County has 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. No official count is published for offices of dentists in Caldwell County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Caldwell County, KY spend on medical and dental services?
About $4.9M a year, or $982 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,025 households in Caldwell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Caldwell County, KY compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Caldwell County has 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Caldwell County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Caldwell County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Caldwell County at 12,609 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,025 households. The median household income in Caldwell County is $59,583 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.1% 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. Caldwell County has no market score for dentists and orthodontists: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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