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Dentists and orthodontists in Socorro County, NM
How Socorro County, NM 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 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,847 of 1,886 scored counties
#21 of 21 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5M
- On medical and dental services · $956 a household
- Spending per listing
- $719K
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.3
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,838
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Socorro County scores 16 (low) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #1,847 of 1,886 scored counties and #21 of 21 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $956 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Socorro County spend about $5M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $719K per practice, 27% below the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
There are 7 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Socorro County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 13.3 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 13.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Socorro County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,317 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Socorro County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Socorro County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Socorro County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.3 | 10.4 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $719K | $1.1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,317 | 1,224 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.2% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $956 | $1,178 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $36,570 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $919K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Socorro 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 Socorro County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,838−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,269
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 6,646 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $36,570−13.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,088
- Median home value
- $137,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,706
- Daytime population
- 14,715Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Otero County, NM | 78 | 9 | 3.7 | $3M | +3.7% | #90 of 1,886 |
| 2Eddy County, NM | 74 | 14 | 5.9 | $2.1M | +0.3% | #169 of 1,886 |
| 3Valencia County, NM | 69 | 22 | 8.0 | $1.4M | +7.2% | #297 of 1,886 |
| 4Rio Arriba County, NM | 63 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.5M | −1.0% | #449 of 1,886 |
| 5Sandoval County, NM | 63 | 48 | 8.4 | $1.6M | +6.9% | #471 of 1,886 |
| 6Lincoln County, NM | 61 | 6 | 6.0 | $1.8M | −2.3% | #525 of 1,886 |
| 7Taos County, NM | 59 | 12 | 7.7 | $1.5M | +0.3% | #613 of 1,886 |
| 8Lea County, NM | 58 | 23 | 9.3 | $1.3M | +0.2% | #656 of 1,886 |
| 9Doña Ana County, NM | 56 | 74 | 8.7 | $1.3M | +4.1% | #724 of 1,886 |
| 10Grant County, NM | 54 | 7 | 6.2 | $1.7M | −3.4% | #776 of 1,886 |
| 21Socorro County, NM | 16 | 7 | 13.3 | $719K | −4.3% | #1,847 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Socorro 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 Socorro County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 dentists and orthodontists in Socorro County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Socorro County, NM spend on medical and dental services?
About $5M a year, or $956 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $719K 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 5,269 households in Socorro County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Socorro County, NM compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Socorro County has 13.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $719K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Socorro County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,317 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Socorro County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Socorro County at 15,838 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,269 households. Median household income in Socorro County is $36,570, 55% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median fell 13.1%, 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. Socorro County scores 16 for dentists and orthodontists (low), #1,847 of 1,886 scored counties.
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