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Dentists and orthodontists in Burleigh County, ND

How Burleigh County, ND 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,068 of 1,886 scored counties
#7 of 10 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
63
6 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
52
−1.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$62.5M
On medical and dental services · $1,514 a household
Spending per listing
$992K
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.3
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
103,251
+4.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 dentists and orthodontists in Burleigh County. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 15.3 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Burleigh County comes to about $62.5M a year: $1,514 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. Spread across 63 dentists and orthodontists, that is $992K per practice, in line with 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 52 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Burleigh County in 2023, down 1.9% from 2019. That is one for every 794 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Burleigh County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Burleigh County grew 4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, Burleigh County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,068 of 1,886 scored counties and #7 of 10 scored counties in North Dakota.

How Burleigh County compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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.

Dentists and orthodontists in Burleigh County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureBurleigh CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.39.713.1
Spending per listing$992K$1.5M$984K
Households per official establishment7941,174952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−1.9%−1.4%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.7%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,514$1,430$1,288
Median household income$86,851$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score4777

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
53 → 52−1.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
548
Annual payroll, 2023
$47.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
636 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
64The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$100K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Burleigh 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 Burleigh County

Population, 2025 estimate
103,251+4.7% since 2020
Households
41,269
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,633 sq. mi.
People per square mile
62
Median household income
$86,851+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$110,470
Median home value
$324,000
Jobs located here
59,122
Daytime population
107,970Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Burleigh County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williams County, ND74127.9$1.9M+1.4%#176 of 1,886
2Cass County, ND5810011.9$1.2M+9.1%#665 of 1,886
3Stark County, ND57139.6$1.5M+0.5%#677 of 1,886
4Grand Forks County, ND563310.5$1.3M+1.9%#718 of 1,886
5Richland County, ND53710.2$1.4M+1.2%#818 of 1,886
6Ward County, ND502910.2$1.4M−2.4%#925 of 1,886
7Burleigh County, ND476315.3$992K+4.7%#1,068 of 1,886
8Stutsman County, ND431111.7$1.1M−0.6%#1,187 of 1,886
9Ramsey County, ND38712.9$1M−0.4%#1,360 of 1,886
10Walsh County, ND32613.6$1M−3.3%#1,576 of 1,886

Other business types in Burleigh County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in Burleigh County, ND?

There are 63 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Burleigh County as of September 2026. 6 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, down 1.9% from 2019.

How much do households in Burleigh County, ND spend on medical and dental services?

About $62.5M a year, or $1,514 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $992K per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,269 households in Burleigh County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Burleigh County, ND compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

Burleigh County has 15.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $992K, in line with the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Burleigh County would have about 64, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 794 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Burleigh County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Burleigh County at 103,251 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 41,269 households. The median household income in Burleigh County is $86,851 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.4% 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. Burleigh County scores 47 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #1,068 of 1,886 scored counties.

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