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Dentists and orthodontists in the Cleveland, MS area

How the Cleveland, MS 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 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #510 of 526 scored small-town markets
#11 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.3M
On medical and dental services · $867 a household
Spending per listing
$939K
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.2
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,262
−8.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Cleveland area scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #510 of 526 scored small-town markets and #11 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Households in the Cleveland area spend about $10.3M a year on medical and dental services, or $867 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. That is about $939K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

The Cleveland area 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. That comes to 9.2 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Cleveland area in 2023. That is one for every 1,489 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Cleveland area from 2020 to 2025 at −8.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Cleveland area compares

The same measures for Mississippi 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.

Dentists and orthodontists in Cleveland, MS area compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureCleveland areaMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.210.513.1
Spending per listing$939K$946K$984K
Households per official establishment1,4891,252952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.9%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−8.3%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$867$992$1,288
Median household income$39,585$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score2030

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
59
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.2M
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 the Cleveland 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 Cleveland area

Population, 2025 estimate
28,262−8.3% since 2020
Households
11,915
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
877 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$39,585+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$60,985
Median home value
$130,000
Jobs located here
10,627
Daytime population
29,215Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Cleveland area marked.

Top small-town markets in Mississippi

Small-town markets in Mississippi ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Picayune, MS71146.4$1.5M+5.6%#75 of 526
2Starkville, MS48228.5$1.1M+0.8%#279 of 526
3Brookhaven, MS32129.1$1.1M+0.5%#430 of 526
4Oxford, MS322811.6$908K+5.3%#433 of 526
5Natchez, MS-LA272311.1$810K−0.9%#473 of 526
6Clarksdale, MS2578.3$995K−6.5%#484 of 526
7Grenada, MS24107.9$1.2M−3.6%#491 of 526
8Greenwood, MS24128.3$1.1M−8.8%#492 of 526
9Laurel, MS233210.1$942K−1.5%#498 of 526
10Tupelo, MS226612.7$798K+0.8%#503 of 526
11Cleveland, MS20119.2$939K−8.3%#510 of 526

Other business types in the Cleveland area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Cleveland, MS area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 dentists and orthodontists in the Cleveland area. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

How much do households in the Cleveland, MS area spend on medical and dental services?

About $10.3M a year, or $867 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $939K 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 11,915 households in the Cleveland area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Cleveland, MS area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

The Cleveland area has 9.2 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $939K, 4% below 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 1,489 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is the Cleveland, MS area growing?

Population estimates put the Cleveland area at 28,262 people in 2025, down 8.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,915 households. Median household income in the Cleveland area is $39,585, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.6%, 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 Cleveland area scores 20 for dentists and orthodontists (low), #510 of 526 scored small-town markets.

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