Health care · Small-town market · Kentucky
Dentists and orthodontists in the Mount Sterling, KY area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in the Mount Sterling, KY area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #178 of 526 scored small-town markets
#2 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 13
- 3 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.4M
- On medical and dental services · $958 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 36% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,428
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $958 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in the Mount Sterling area spend about $17.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 36% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
There are 13 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in the Mount Sterling area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 7.2 for every 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Mount Sterling area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 2,020 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mount Sterling area grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, the Mount Sterling area has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #178 of 526 scored small-town markets and #2 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky.
How the Mount Sterling area 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 | Mount Sterling area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 10.8 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $963K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,020 | 1,260 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $958 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $55,208 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 46
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Mount Sterling 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 Mount Sterling area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,428+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 18,181
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 679 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $55,208+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,334
- Median home value
- $151,900
- Jobs located here
- 13,375
- Daytime population
- 41,916Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mayfield, KY | 75 | 5 | 3.5 | $2.7M | +1.4% | #50 of 526 |
| 2Mount Sterling, KY | 59 | 13 | 7.2 | $1.3M | +3.1% | #178 of 526 |
| 3Glasgow, KY | 58 | 13 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +2.6% | #186 of 526 |
| 4Henderson, KY | 53 | 14 | 6.0 | $1.7M | −0.9% | #228 of 526 |
| 5Franklin, KY | 50 | 6 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +5.9% | #254 of 526 |
| 6Richmond-Berea, KY | 44 | 51 | 10.3 | $978K | +7.0% | #320 of 526 |
| 7Frankfort, KY | 38 | 39 | 12.0 | $879K | +3.1% | #383 of 526 |
| 8Madisonville, KY | 37 | 17 | 9.2 | $1M | −0.5% | #388 of 526 |
| 9Murray, KY | 33 | 17 | 11.2 | $858K | +4.9% | #425 of 526 |
| 10Danville, KY | 26 | 27 | 12.4 | $783K | +3.6% | #482 of 526 |
Other business types in the Mount Sterling 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 clinics42
- Dentists and orthodontists59
- Primary care and pediatrics47
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors52
- Physical therapy29
- Optometrists and eye care56
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Mount Sterling, KY area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 dentists and orthodontists in the Mount Sterling area. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in the Mount Sterling, KY area spend on medical and dental services?
About $17.4M a year, or $958 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 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 18,181 households in the Mount Sterling area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mount Sterling, KY area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Mount Sterling area has 7.2 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.3M, 36% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Mount Sterling area would have about 18, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,020 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the Mount Sterling, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Mount Sterling area at 48,428 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,181 households. Median household income in the Mount Sterling area is $55,208, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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 Mount Sterling area scores 59 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #178 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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