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Dentists and orthodontists in Hoke County, NC
How Hoke County, NC 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 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #56 of 1,886 scored counties
#1 of 76 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 8
- 5 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20M
- On medical and dental services · $1,039 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 68% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,939
- +9.0% since 2020
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What this means
Hoke County scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #56 of 1,886 scored counties and #1 of 76 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for dentists and orthodontists.
At $1,039 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Hoke County spend about $20M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Hoke County has 8 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (63%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Hoke County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 3,210 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates show Hoke County grew 9.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hoke County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Hoke County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 11.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,210 | 1,206 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.0% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,039 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $64,912 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 96
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 85 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Hoke 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 Hoke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,939+9.0% since 2020
- Households
- 19,258
- Median age
- 34.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 390 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 138
- Median household income
- $64,912+35.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,216
- Median home value
- $219,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,558
- Daytime population
- 43,278Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Hoke County marked.
Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hoke County, NC | 81 | 8 | 4.2 | $2.5M | +9.0% | #56 of 1,886 |
| 2Franklin County, NC | 80 | 17 | 6.0 | $1.8M | +18.8% | #76 of 1,886 |
| 3Davidson County, NC | 78 | 33 | 4.7 | $2.2M | +6.6% | #97 of 1,886 |
| 4Yadkin County, NC | 76 | 6 | 4.0 | $2.6M | +2.9% | #121 of 1,886 |
| 5Harnett County, NC | 76 | 30 | 6.0 | $1.8M | +12.3% | #133 of 1,886 |
| 6Duplin County, NC | 73 | 9 | 4.3 | $2.2M | +6.0% | #194 of 1,886 |
| 7Ashe County, NC | 71 | 5 | 4.1 | $2.4M | +3.5% | #230 of 1,886 |
| 8Stokes County, NC | 71 | 10 | 5.1 | $1.9M | +3.5% | #236 of 1,886 |
| 9Chatham County, NC | 71 | 28 | 8.5 | $1.5M | +11.0% | #248 of 1,886 |
| 10Johnston County, NC | 71 | 74 | 8.6 | $1.3M | +17.9% | #253 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Hoke 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 Hoke County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 dentists and orthodontists in Hoke County. 5 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Hoke County, NC spend on medical and dental services?
About $20M a year, or $1,039 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 19,258 households in Hoke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hoke County, NC compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Hoke County has 4.2 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $2.5M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Hoke County would have about 20, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,210 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Hoke County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Hoke County at 56,939 people in 2025, up 9.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,258 households. Median household income in Hoke County is $64,912, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.0%, 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. Hoke County scores 81 for dentists and orthodontists (high), #56 of 1,886 scored counties.
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