Health care · Small-town market · Oregon
Dentists and orthodontists in the La Grande, OR area
How the La Grande, OR 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #477 of 526 scored small-town markets
#9 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,177 a household
- Spending per listing
- $916K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.8
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,900
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The La Grande area scores 26 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #477 of 526 scored small-town markets and #9 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the La Grande area spend about $12.8M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,177 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 dentists and orthodontists, that is $916K per practice, 7% below the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
There are 14 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in the La Grande area as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.8, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the La Grande area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,090 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates show the La Grande area declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the La Grande area compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | La Grande area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.8 | 14.4 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $916K | $917K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,090 | 898 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,177 | $1,324 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $65,661 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 93
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 La Grande 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 La Grande area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,900−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 10,900
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,037 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $65,661+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,276
- Median home value
- $294,600
- Jobs located here
- 10,134
- Daytime population
- 25,115Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Newport, OR | 45 | 22 | 9.5 | $1.2M | +0.3% | #307 of 526 |
| 2Coos Bay-North Bend, OR | 44 | 25 | 8.7 | $1.3M | −1.5% | #309 of 526 |
| 3Hermiston-Pendleton, OR | 42 | 34 | 10.3 | $1.1M | +1.8% | #344 of 526 |
| 4Roseburg, OR | 36 | 53 | 11.2 | $1M | +0.6% | #397 of 526 |
| 5Klamath Falls, OR | 33 | 34 | 11.7 | $947K | +0.9% | #424 of 526 |
| 6Brookings, OR | 30 | 13 | 11.6 | $993K | −3.8% | #450 of 526 |
| 7Astoria, OR | 29 | 24 | 13.3 | $925K | −0.6% | #458 of 526 |
| 8Ontario, OR-ID | 28 | 37 | 18.5 | $609K | +5.0% | #469 of 526 |
| 9La Grande, OR | 26 | 14 | 12.8 | $916K | −1.0% | #477 of 526 |
| 10Hood River, OR | 25 | 22 | 24.6 | $573K | −0.7% | #490 of 526 |
Other business types in the La Grande 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 clinics29
- Dentists and orthodontists26
- Primary care and pediatrics34
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors31
- Physical therapy52
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in the La Grande, OR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 dentists and orthodontists in the La Grande area. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in the La Grande, OR area spend on medical and dental services?
About $12.8M a year, or $1,177 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $916K 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 10,900 households in the La Grande area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the La Grande, OR area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The La Grande area has 12.8 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $916K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the La Grande area would have about 13, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,090 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the La Grande, OR area growing?
Population estimates put the La Grande area at 25,900 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,900 households. Median household income in the La Grande area is $65,661, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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 La Grande area scores 26 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #477 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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