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Dentists and orthodontists in Iron County, MI
How Iron County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,203 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 11,757
- +1.1% since 2020
See the dentists and orthodontists around any address in Iron County
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Iron County comes to about $6.7M a year: $1,203 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 dentists and orthodontists, that is $3.3M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
There are 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Iron County as of September 2026. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of dentists in Iron County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Iron County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, Iron County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Iron County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Iron County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 12.6 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $1.1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,074 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.6% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,203 | $1,412 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $55,940 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Iron 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 Iron County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,757+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 5,547
- Median age
- 52.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,166 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $55,940+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,732
- Median home value
- $109,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,223
- Daytime population
- 10,732Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Iron County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the dentists and orthodontists on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Antrim County, MI | 84 | 8 | 7.2 | $1.9M | +5.3% | #33 of 1,886 |
| 2Kalkaska County, MI | 82 | 5 | 6.4 | $2M | +4.3% | #52 of 1,886 |
| 3Gladwin County, MI | 81 | 6 | 5.3 | $2.3M | +2.8% | #57 of 1,886 |
| 4Newaygo County, MI | 80 | 13 | 6.6 | $1.9M | +3.1% | #74 of 1,886 |
| 5Oceana County, MI | 79 | 6 | 5.8 | $2.2M | +1.7% | #81 of 1,886 |
| 6Barry County, MI | 79 | 16 | 6.5 | $2.2M | +2.2% | #82 of 1,886 |
| 7Clare County, MI | 78 | 6 | 4.8 | $2.4M | +2.3% | #93 of 1,886 |
| 8Van Buren County, MI | 78 | 20 | 6.5 | $2M | +0.7% | #100 of 1,886 |
| 9Clinton County, MI | 78 | 26 | 8.2 | $1.9M | +1.6% | #102 of 1,886 |
| 10Benzie County, MI | 77 | 6 | 7.8 | $1.8M | +3.1% | #116 of 1,886 |
| Iron County, MI | Not scored | 2 | 3.6 | $3.3M | +1.1% |
Other business types in Iron County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Iron County, MI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 dentists and orthodontists in Iron County. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. No official count is published for offices of dentists in Iron County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Iron County, MI spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.7M a year, or $1,203 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 5,547 households in Iron County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Iron County, MI compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Iron County has 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Iron County would have about 7, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Iron County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Iron County at 11,757 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,547 households. Median household income in Iron County is $55,940, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.5%, 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. Iron County has no market score for dentists and orthodontists: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Iron County. It maps the dentists and orthodontists on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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