Health care · Small-town market · Mississippi
Dentists and orthodontists in the Starkville, MS area
How the Starkville, 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #279 of 526 scored small-town markets
#2 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 22
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.8M
- On medical and dental services · $958 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,063
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 dentists and orthodontists in the Starkville area. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 8.5 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
At $958 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in the Starkville area spend about $24.8M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $1.1M per practice, 15% 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 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Starkville area in 2023. That is one for every 2,159 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Starkville area grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in the Starkville area is 48 (lower middle), #279 of 526 scored small-town markets and #2 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi.
How the Starkville 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.
| Measure | Starkville area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 10.5 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $946K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,159 | 1,252 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.9% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $958 | $992 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $48,750 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 111
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 221 chain location
- 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 Starkville 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 Starkville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,063+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 25,913
- Median age
- 32.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 879 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $48,750+18.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,892
- Median home value
- $208,300
- Jobs located here
- 23,717
- Daytime population
- 62,501Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Starkville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Picayune, MS | 71 | 14 | 6.4 | $1.5M | +5.6% | #75 of 526 |
| 2Starkville, MS | 48 | 22 | 8.5 | $1.1M | +0.8% | #279 of 526 |
| 3Brookhaven, MS | 32 | 12 | 9.1 | $1.1M | +0.5% | #430 of 526 |
| 4Oxford, MS | 32 | 28 | 11.6 | $908K | +5.3% | #433 of 526 |
| 5Natchez, MS-LA | 27 | 23 | 11.1 | $810K | −0.9% | #473 of 526 |
| 6Clarksdale, MS | 25 | 7 | 8.3 | $995K | −6.5% | #484 of 526 |
| 7Grenada, MS | 24 | 10 | 7.9 | $1.2M | −3.6% | #491 of 526 |
| 8Greenwood, MS | 24 | 12 | 8.3 | $1.1M | −8.8% | #492 of 526 |
| 9Laurel, MS | 23 | 32 | 10.1 | $942K | −1.5% | #498 of 526 |
| 10Tupelo, MS | 22 | 66 | 12.7 | $798K | +0.8% | #503 of 526 |
Other business types in the Starkville 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 clinics47
- Dentists and orthodontists48
- Primary care and pediatrics49
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy38
- Optometrists and eye care45
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Starkville, MS area?
There are 22 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in the Starkville area as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in the Starkville, MS area spend on medical and dental services?
About $24.8M a year, or $958 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,913 households in the Starkville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Starkville, MS area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Starkville area has 8.5 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.1M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Starkville area would have about 25, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,159 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the Starkville, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Starkville area at 62,063 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,913 households. The median household income in the Starkville area is $48,750 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.6% 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 Starkville area scores 48 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #279 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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