Health care · Small-town market · Minnesota
Dentists and orthodontists in the Willmar, MN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in the Willmar, MN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #232 of 526 scored small-town markets
#11 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 21
- 2 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,409 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.9
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,720
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 dentists and orthodontists in the Willmar area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 10%, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 11.9 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Households in the Willmar area spend about $24.8M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,409 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 20% 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 16 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Willmar area in 2023. That is one for every 1,100 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Willmar area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, the Willmar area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #232 of 526 scored small-town markets and #11 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota.
How the Willmar area 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 | Willmar area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.9 | 11.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.4M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,100 | 1,225 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.8% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,409 | $1,550 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $76,592 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 80 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 172
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 212 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 the Willmar 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 Willmar area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,720+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 17,603
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 797 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $76,592+27.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,382
- Median home value
- $243,200
- Jobs located here
- 24,957
- Daytime population
- 46,873Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Willmar area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Faribault-Northfield, MN | 88 | 16 | 6.8 | $2.2M | +4.2% | #3 of 526 |
| 2Austin, MN | 83 | 11 | 7.0 | $2M | +2.3% | #10 of 526 |
| 3Worthington, MN | 68 | 7 | 9.1 | $1.5M | +0.6% | #96 of 526 |
| 4Detroit Lakes, MN | 67 | 9 | 6.2 | $2.2M | +0.9% | #98 of 526 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 67 | 7 | 7.4 | $1.9M | 0.0% | #100 of 526 |
| 5Bemidji, MN | 66 | 15 | 8.3 | $1.6M | +1.8% | #111 of 526 |
| 6Brainerd, MN | 66 | 43 | 10.2 | $1.4M | +4.3% | #113 of 526 |
| 7New Ulm, MN | 64 | 8 | 7.3 | $1.8M | −1.5% | #123 of 526 |
| 8Fergus Falls, MN | 58 | 22 | 8.7 | $1.6M | +1.6% | #188 of 526 |
| 9Red Wing, MN | 58 | 21 | 10.6 | $1.4M | +1.3% | #194 of 526 |
| 11Willmar, MN | 53 | 21 | 11.9 | $1.2M | +2.3% | #232 of 526 |
Other business types in the Willmar area
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 the Willmar, MN area?
The Willmar area has 21 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in the Willmar, MN area spend on medical and dental services?
About $24.8M a year, or $1,409 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,603 households in the Willmar area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Willmar, MN area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Willmar area has 11.9 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.2M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Willmar area would have about 25, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,100 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the Willmar, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Willmar area at 44,720 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,603 households. The median household income in the Willmar area is $76,592 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.0% 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. 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 Willmar area scores 53 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #232 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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