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Dentists and orthodontists in Pike County, MS
The dentists and orthodontists in Pike County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 8 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #1,880 of 1,886 scored counties
#47 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 18
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13M
- On medical and dental services · $868 a household
- Spending per listing
- $723K
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.0
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,712
- −3.7% since 2020
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What this means
For dentists and orthodontists, Pike County has a Groundwork market score of 8 (very low): #1,880 of 1,886 scored counties and #47 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 dentists and orthodontists in Pike County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 12.0 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
At $868 per household (33% below the U.S. average), households in Pike County spend about $13M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 18 dentists and orthodontists, that is $723K per practice, 26% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Pike County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 938 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates show Pike County declined 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Pike County 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.
| Measure | Pike County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.0 | 10.5 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $723K | $946K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 938 | 1,252 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.9% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.7% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $868 | $992 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $43,814 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 8 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 180 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Pike 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 Pike County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,712−3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 15,007
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 97
- Median household income
- $43,814+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,063
- Median home value
- $110,800
- Jobs located here
- 15,021
- Daytime population
- 39,086Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pontotoc County, MS | 68 | 6 | 5.1 | $1.9M | +2.9% | #307 of 1,886 |
| 2Pearl River County, MS | 68 | 14 | 6.4 | $1.5M | +5.6% | #316 of 1,886 |
| 3George County, MS | 65 | 7 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +8.1% | #423 of 1,886 |
| 4Tate County, MS | 63 | 7 | 6.4 | $1.6M | +2.1% | #468 of 1,886 |
| 5Hancock County, MS | 57 | 14 | 6.9 | $1.5M | +1.6% | #676 of 1,886 |
| 6Scott County, MS | 52 | 5 | 5.2 | $1.7M | +0.4% | #837 of 1,886 |
| 7DeSoto County, MS | 49 | 83 | 11.7 | $995K | +6.3% | #990 of 1,886 |
| 8Yazoo County, MS | 47 | 5 | 5.7 | $1.5M | −14.0% | #1,031 of 1,886 |
| 9Neshoba County, MS | 46 | 7 | 6.8 | $1.4M | −0.9% | #1,075 of 1,886 |
| 10Prentiss County, MS | 45 | 8 | 8.3 | $1.1M | +1.3% | #1,128 of 1,886 |
| 47Pike County, MS | 8 | 18 | 12.0 | $723K | −3.7% | #1,880 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Pike County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Pike County, MS?
Pike County has 18 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. None of them 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 Pike County, MS spend on medical and dental services?
About $13M a year, or $868 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $723K per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,007 households in Pike County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pike County, MS compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Pike County has 12.0 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $723K, 26% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Pike County would have about 13, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 938 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Pike County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Pike County at 38,712 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,007 households. The median household income in Pike County is $43,814 a year, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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. Pike County scores 8 for dentists and orthodontists (very low), #1,880 of 1,886 scored counties.
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