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Dentists and orthodontists in Rowan County, KY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Rowan County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 17 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,838 of 1,886 scored counties
#54 of 62 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
13
3 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.1M
On medical and dental services · $953 a household
Spending per listing
$703K
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.6
4% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,476
−1.0% 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

Rowan County scores 17 (low) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #1,838 of 1,886 scored counties and #54 of 62 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Rowan County spend about $9.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $953 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 dentists and orthodontists, that is $703K per practice, 29% below the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

Rowan County has 13 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.6, 4% above the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Rowan County in 2023. That is one for every 1,199 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates show Rowan County declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Rowan 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.

Dentists and orthodontists in Rowan County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureRowan CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.610.813.1
Spending per listing$703K$963K$984K
Households per official establishment1,1991,260952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.4%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$953$1,042$1,288
Median household income$54,321$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score1740

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 8
Employees, 2023
48
Annual payroll, 2023
$2M
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
9The 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 Rowan 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 Rowan County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,476−1.0% since 2020
Households
9,592
Median age
34.4
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
280 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$54,321+42.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,885
Median home value
$161,800
Jobs located here
10,474
Daytime population
25,662Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Rowan County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Graves County, KY7053.5$2.7M+1.4%#254 of 1,886
2Anderson County, KY7066.2$1.7M+5.5%#268 of 1,886
3Grant County, KY6766.5$1.6M+4.7%#348 of 1,886
4Meade County, KY6665.5$2M+2.2%#370 of 1,886
5Spencer County, KY6579.6$1.3M+7.7%#425 of 1,886
6Lincoln County, KY6255.2$1.8M+4.6%#497 of 1,886
7Marion County, KY6256.5$1.5M+2.7%#505 of 1,886
8Jessamine County, KY61168.0$1.4M+7.8%#539 of 1,886
9Allen County, KY6167.5$1.3M+9.5%#545 of 1,886
10Greenup County, KY5896.1$1.6M−1.9%#639 of 1,886
54Rowan County, KY171313.6$703K−1.0%#1,838 of 1,886

Other business types in Rowan County

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

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in Rowan County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 dentists and orthodontists in Rowan County. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. 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 Rowan County, KY spend on medical and dental services?

About $9.1M a year, or $953 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 $703K 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 9,592 households in Rowan County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Rowan County, KY compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

Rowan County has 13.6 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $703K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Rowan County would have about 9, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,199 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is Rowan County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Rowan County at 24,476 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,592 households. Median household income in Rowan County is $54,321, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.1%, 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. Rowan County scores 17 for dentists and orthodontists (low), #1,838 of 1,886 scored counties.

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