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Dentists and orthodontists in Perry County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Perry County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,861 of 1,886 scored counties
#57 of 62 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 19
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.1M
- On medical and dental services · $908 a household
- Spending per listing
- $529K
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.2
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,555
- −6.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in Perry County is 14 (low), #1,861 of 1,886 scored counties and #57 of 62 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Perry County spend about $10.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $908 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That is about $529K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 46% below the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
There are 19 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Perry County as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 17.2 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 13.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Perry County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,385 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Perry County from 2020 to 2025 at −6.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Perry 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 | Perry County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.2 | 10.8 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $529K | $963K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,385 | 1,260 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $908 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $42,181 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 191 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Perry 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 Perry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,555−6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 11,078
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 340 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $42,181+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,788
- Median home value
- $91,800
- Jobs located here
- 11,440
- Daytime population
- 30,248Residents 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 |
| 57Perry County, KY | 14 | 19 | 17.2 | $529K | −6.4% | #1,861 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Perry 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 Perry County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 dentists and orthodontists in Perry County. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Perry County, KY spend on medical and dental services?
About $10.1M a year, or $908 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $529K 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 11,078 households in Perry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Perry County, KY compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Perry County has 17.2 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $529K, 46% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Perry County would have about 10, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,385 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Perry County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Perry County at 26,555 people in 2025, down 6.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,078 households. Median household income in Perry County is $42,181, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Perry County scores 14 for dentists and orthodontists (low), #1,861 of 1,886 scored counties.
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