Health care · Small-town market · Louisiana
Dentists and orthodontists in the Natchitoches, LA area
How the Natchitoches, LA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #377 of 526 scored small-town markets
#5 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.6M
- On medical and dental services · $938 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,089
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 dentists and orthodontists in the Natchitoches area. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.6, 42% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Natchitoches area comes to about $13.6M a year: $938 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 dentists and orthodontists, that is $1.2M per practice, 26% above the U.S. figure of $984K. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Natchitoches area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 1,814 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $446K has gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Natchitoches area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Natchitoches area declined 3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For dentists and orthodontists, the Natchitoches area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #377 of 526 scored small-town markets and #5 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana.
How the Natchitoches area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Natchitoches area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 11.0 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $942K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,814 | 1,146 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.8% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $938 | $1,036 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $46,292 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $446K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Natchitoches 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 Natchitoches area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,089−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 14,508
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,253 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $46,292+62.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,591
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Jobs located here
- 14,086
- Daytime population
- 35,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Louisiana for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Louisiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Natchitoches area marked.
Top small-town markets in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeRidder, LA | 70 | 5 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +0.2% | #77 of 526 |
| 2Bogalusa, LA | 61 | 7 | 4.0 | $2.3M | −0.9% | #151 of 526 |
| 3Morgan City, LA | 47 | 9 | 4.9 | $1.9M | −5.3% | #280 of 526 |
| 4Opelousas, LA | 39 | 21 | 6.5 | $1.4M | −1.9% | #368 of 526 |
| 5Natchitoches, LA | 38 | 11 | 7.6 | $1.2M | −3.5% | #377 of 526 |
| Natchez, MS-LA | 27 | 23 | 11.1 | $810K | −0.9% | #473 of 526 |
| 6Ruston, LA | 25 | 16 | 8.7 | $1.1M | +0.1% | #483 of 526 |
| 7New Iberia, LA | 23 | 26 | 9.7 | $1M | −4.6% | #497 of 526 |
| 8Minden, LA | 22 | 18 | 12.6 | $702K | −5.2% | #504 of 526 |
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Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Natchitoches, LA area?
The Natchitoches area has 11 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) 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 the Natchitoches, LA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $13.6M a year, or $938 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,508 households in the Natchitoches area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Natchitoches, LA area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Natchitoches area has 7.6 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.2M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Natchitoches area would have about 14, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,814 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the Natchitoches, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Natchitoches area at 36,089 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,508 households. The median household income in the Natchitoches area is $46,292 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 62.1% 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. 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 Natchitoches area scores 38 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #377 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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