Health care · Small-town market · North Carolina
Dentists and orthodontists in the Waynesville, NC area
How the Waynesville, NC 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #400 of 526 scored small-town markets
#20 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 29
- 4 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,019 a household
- Spending per listing
- $953K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 63,369
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
For dentists and orthodontists, the Waynesville area has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #400 of 526 scored small-town markets and #20 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 dentists and orthodontists in the Waynesville area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.7, 18% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
At $1,019 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in the Waynesville area spend about $27.6M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $953K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 3% 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 20 businesses with payroll in the Waynesville area classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,356 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Waynesville area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Waynesville area 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 | Waynesville area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 11.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $953K | $1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,356 | 1,206 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,019 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $61,912 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20
- Employees, 2023
- 156
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 294 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Waynesville 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 Waynesville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 63,369+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 27,123
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 113
- Median household income
- $61,912
- Average household income
- $80,833
- Median home value
- $279,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,778
- Daytime population
- 52,805Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Waynesville area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson Creek, NC | 78 | 30 | 6.0 | $1.8M | +12.3% | #38 of 526 |
| 2Marion, NC | 71 | 9 | 4.8 | $2M | +1.5% | #67 of 526 |
| 3Brevard, NC | 71 | 10 | 6.9 | $1.5M | +2.9% | #76 of 526 |
| 4Lumberton, NC | 69 | 20 | 4.6 | $1.9M | +3.4% | #82 of 526 |
| 5Wilson, NC | 63 | 18 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +1.7% | #141 of 526 |
| 6Albemarle, NC | 60 | 22 | 8.7 | $1.2M | +9.8% | #171 of 526 |
| 7Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 59 | 31 | 8.0 | $1.2M | +3.4% | #181 of 526 |
| 8Washington, NC | 55 | 12 | 6.2 | $1.6M | 0.0% | #218 of 526 |
| 9North Wilkesboro, NC | 55 | 16 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +0.6% | #219 of 526 |
| 10Forest City, NC | 54 | 18 | 6.8 | $1.4M | +2.1% | #225 of 526 |
| 20Waynesville, NC | 36 | 29 | 10.7 | $953K | +1.9% | #400 of 526 |
Other business types in the Waynesville 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 clinics48
- Dentists and orthodontists36
- Primary care and pediatrics62
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors46
- Physical therapy51
- Optometrists and eye care63
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Waynesville, NC area?
The Waynesville area has 29 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in the Waynesville, NC area spend on medical and dental services?
About $27.6M a year, or $1,019 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $953K per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,123 households in the Waynesville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Waynesville, NC area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Waynesville area has 10.7 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $953K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Waynesville area would have about 28, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,356 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the Waynesville, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Waynesville area at 63,369 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,123 households. The median household income in the Waynesville area is $61,912 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Waynesville area scores 36 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #400 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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