Health care · Small-town market · Michigan
Dentists and orthodontists in the Sturgis, MI area
How the Sturgis, MI 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #168 of 526 scored small-town markets
#8 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 23
- 4 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,295 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.7
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 60,968
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Sturgis area spend about $30.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,295 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 35% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
The Sturgis area has 23 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 17%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.7, 26% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Sturgis area in 2023. That is one for every 1,817 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 the Sturgis area.
Population estimates show the Sturgis area grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Sturgis area scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #168 of 526 scored small-town markets and #8 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Sturgis area 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 | Sturgis area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.7 | 12.6 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,817 | 1,074 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.6% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,295 | $1,412 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $66,425 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 98
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 234 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 the Sturgis 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 Sturgis area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 60,968+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 23,620
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 122
- Median household income
- $66,425+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,433
- Median home value
- $178,300
- Jobs located here
- 19,267
- Daytime population
- 52,362Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sturgis area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Houghton, MI | 80 | 9 | 5.8 | $2.2M | +1.8% | #18 of 526 |
| 2Holland, MI | 80 | 37 | 8.1 | $1.8M | +2.1% | #23 of 526 |
| 3Sault Ste. Marie, MI | 75 | 7 | 5.0 | $2.5M | −1.9% | #51 of 526 |
| 4Alma, MI | 70 | 11 | 7.4 | $1.7M | −1.1% | #78 of 526 |
| 5Hillsdale, MI | 67 | 16 | 9.0 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #104 of 526 |
| Marinette, WI-MI | 63 | 23 | 7.8 | $1.6M | +0.3% | #142 of 526 |
| 6Owosso, MI | 62 | 23 | 8.2 | $1.6M | −0.4% | #146 of 526 |
| 7Coldwater, MI | 60 | 16 | 9.5 | $1.4M | +2.5% | #167 of 526 |
| 8Sturgis, MI | 60 | 23 | 9.7 | $1.3M | +0.1% | #168 of 526 |
| 9Cadillac, MI | 59 | 18 | 9.2 | $1.4M | +2.0% | #177 of 526 |
Other business types in the Sturgis area
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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics66
- Dentists and orthodontists60
- Primary care and pediatrics58
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors73
- Physical therapy82
- Optometrists and eye care62
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Sturgis, MI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 dentists and orthodontists in the Sturgis area. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in the Sturgis, MI area spend on medical and dental services?
About $30.6M a year, or $1,295 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 23,620 households in the Sturgis area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sturgis, MI area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Sturgis area has 9.7 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.3M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Sturgis area would have about 31, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,817 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sturgis, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Sturgis area at 60,968 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,620 households. Median household income in the Sturgis area is $66,425, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.5%, 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. 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 Sturgis area scores 60 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #168 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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