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Dentists and orthodontists in Nicollet County, MN
How Nicollet County, MN 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 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #153 of 1,886 scored counties
#13 of 51 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,480 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 96% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.7
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,273
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For dentists and orthodontists, Nicollet County has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #153 of 1,886 scored counties and #13 of 51 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for dentists and orthodontists.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 dentists and orthodontists in Nicollet County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 7.7 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Households in Nicollet County spend about $19.2M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,480 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per practice, 96% 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.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Nicollet County in 2023. That is one for every 2,167 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $865K has gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Nicollet County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Nicollet County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Nicollet County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Nicollet County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.7 | 11.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.4M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,167 | 1,225 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.8% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,480 | $1,550 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $79,756 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 80 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- 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
- $865K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Nicollet 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 Nicollet County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,273−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 13,002
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 448 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $79,756+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,374
- Median home value
- $270,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,748
- Daytime population
- 33,573Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Nicollet County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sherburne County, MN | 91 | 23 | 6.5 | $2.5M | +6.8% | #6 of 1,886 |
| 2Pine County, MN | 90 | 5 | 4.1 | $3.3M | +5.5% | #8 of 1,886 |
| 3Cass County, MN | 89 | 5 | 3.9 | $3.5M | +4.2% | #10 of 1,886 |
| 4Chisago County, MN | 85 | 14 | 6.6 | $2.4M | +4.3% | #21 of 1,886 |
| 5Rice County, MN | 85 | 16 | 6.8 | $2.2M | +4.2% | #25 of 1,886 |
| 6Clay County, MN | 83 | 14 | 5.3 | $2.7M | +3.6% | #39 of 1,886 |
| 7Morrison County, MN | 82 | 5 | 3.6 | $3.8M | +1.9% | #47 of 1,886 |
| 8Hubbard County, MN | 81 | 7 | 7.8 | $1.7M | +4.6% | #62 of 1,886 |
| 9Meeker County, MN | 79 | 6 | 6.4 | $2.2M | +0.7% | #84 of 1,886 |
| 10Mower County, MN | 78 | 11 | 7.0 | $2M | +2.3% | #101 of 1,886 |
| 13Nicollet County, MN | 75 | 10 | 7.7 | $1.9M | −0.7% | #153 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Nicollet County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Nicollet County, MN?
There are 10 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Nicollet County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Nicollet County, MN spend on medical and dental services?
About $19.2M a year, or $1,480 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,002 households in Nicollet County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nicollet County, MN compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Nicollet County has 7.7 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.9M, 96% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Nicollet County would have about 20, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,167 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Nicollet County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Nicollet County at 34,273 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,002 households. The median household income in Nicollet County is $79,756 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.3% 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. 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. Nicollet County scores 75 for dentists and orthodontists (high), #153 of 1,886 scored counties.
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