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Dentists and orthodontists in St. Martin Parish, LA

How St. Martin Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #496 of 1,886 scored counties
#4 of 42 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.5M
On medical and dental services · $996 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
98% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
61% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
51,106
−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

Household spending on medical and dental services in St. Martin Parish comes to about $19.5M a year: $996 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per practice, 98% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

St. Martin Parish has 10 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in St. Martin Parish was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 2,797 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in St. Martin Parish.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Martin Parish declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in St. Martin Parish is 62 (upper middle), #496 of 1,886 scored counties and #4 of 42 scored counties in Louisiana.

How St. Martin Parish 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.

Dentists and orthodontists in St. Martin Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Martin ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.111.013.1
Spending per listing$1.9M$942K$984K
Households per official establishment2,7971,146952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.8%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$996$1,036$1,288
Median household income$55,960$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score6224

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7
Employees, 2023
47
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
100 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$100K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in St. Martin Parish, 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 St. Martin Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
51,106−1.0% since 2020
Households
19,579
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
738 sq. mi.
People per square mile
70
Median household income
$55,960+15.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,449
Median home value
$164,200
Jobs located here
13,916
Daytime population
42,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Martin Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Bernard Parish, LA7763.7$2.7M+4.1%#110 of 1,886
2West Baton Rouge Parish, LA7476.4$1.8M+5.5%#179 of 1,886
3Beauregard Parish, LA6653.6$2.9M+0.2%#367 of 1,886
4St. Martin Parish, LA62105.1$1.9M−1.0%#496 of 1,886
5Livingston Parish, LA62489.0$1.2M+8.5%#515 of 1,886
6Jefferson Davis Parish, LA6165.0$2M−2.4%#522 of 1,886
7Avoyelles Parish, LA5953.5$2.5M−4.3%#591 of 1,886
8Washington Parish, LA5974.0$2.3M−0.9%#592 of 1,886
9Iberville Parish, LA5276.2$1.6M−1.6%#839 of 1,886
10Vernon Parish, LA5052.7$3.6M−7.3%#919 of 1,886

Other business types in St. Martin Parish

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

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in St. Martin Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 dentists and orthodontists in St. Martin Parish. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

How much do households in St. Martin Parish, LA spend on medical and dental services?

About $19.5M a year, or $996 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 19,579 households in St. Martin Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Martin Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

St. Martin Parish has 5.1 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.9M, 98% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, St. Martin Parish would have about 20, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,797 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Martin Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Martin Parish at 51,106 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,579 households. Median household income in St. Martin Parish is $55,960, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.0%, 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. St. Martin Parish scores 62 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #496 of 1,886 scored counties.

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