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Dentists and orthodontists in Dukes County, MA
The dentists and orthodontists in Dukes County, MA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #694 of 1,886 scored counties
#1 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,470 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,219
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Dukes County spend about $11.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,470 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Dukes County has 11 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.5, 11% above the U.S. rate of 13.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Dukes County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 1,517 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dukes County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in Dukes County is 57 (upper middle), #694 of 1,886 scored counties and #1 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts.
How Dukes County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Dukes County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 14.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $980K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,517 | 874 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.0% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,470 | $1,386 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $125,786 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- 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
- 11The 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 Dukes 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 Dukes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,219+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,584
- Median age
- 50.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 103 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 203
- Median household income
- $125,786+75.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $207,940
- Median home value
- $1,165,800
- Jobs located here
- 7,891
- Daytime population
- 20,942Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dukes County, MA | 57 | 11 | 14.5 | $1M | +3.1% | #694 of 1,886 |
| 2Plymouth County, MA | 55 | 234 | 11.5 | $1.2M | +3.5% | #758 of 1,886 |
| 3Franklin County, MA | 54 | 25 | 7.9 | $1.5M | −0.3% | #782 of 1,886 |
| 4Nantucket County, MA | 52 | 7 | 13.3 | $1.2M | +3.6% | #864 of 1,886 |
| 5Suffolk County, MA | 50 | 356 | 10.9 | $1.2M | +0.1% | #936 of 1,886 |
| 6Barnstable County, MA | 48 | 128 | 12.1 | $1.1M | +2.4% | #1,010 of 1,886 |
| 7Bristol County, MA | 47 | 269 | 11.5 | $1.1M | +2.9% | #1,056 of 1,886 |
| 8Hampshire County, MA | 46 | 80 | 12.9 | $980K | +10.4% | #1,108 of 1,886 |
| 9Worcester County, MA | 42 | 451 | 13.4 | $983K | +3.7% | #1,236 of 1,886 |
| 10Middlesex County, MA | 39 | 1,094 | 17.2 | $892K | +2.8% | #1,335 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Dukes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Dukes County, MA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 dentists and orthodontists in Dukes County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Dukes County, MA spend on medical and dental services?
About $11.1M a year, or $1,470 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 7,584 households in Dukes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dukes County, MA compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Dukes County has 14.5 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,517 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Dukes County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Dukes County at 21,219 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,584 households. Median household income in Dukes County is $125,786, 56% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 75.2%, 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. Dukes County scores 57 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #694 of 1,886 scored counties.
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