Health care · Small-town market · Oregon
Dentists and orthodontists in The Dalles, OR area
The dentists and orthodontists in The Dalles, OR area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #494 of 526 scored small-town markets
#11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,153 a household
- Spending per listing
- $937K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,310
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in The Dalles area is 24 (low), #494 of 526 scored small-town markets and #11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 dentists and orthodontists in The Dalles area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 12.3 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
At $1,153 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in The Dalles area spend about $12.2M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $937K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 5% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in The Dalles area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 960 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates show The Dalles area declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How The Dalles 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 | The Dalles area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 14.4 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $937K | $917K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 960 | 898 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,153 | $1,324 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $64,175 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 75
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Dalles 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 Dalles area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,310−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,563
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $64,175+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,059
- Median home value
- $367,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,091
- Daytime population
- 24,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oregon for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Oregon, with The Dalles area marked.
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 |
| 11The Dalles, OR | 24 | 13 | 12.3 | $937K | −1.1% | #494 of 526 |
Other business types in The Dalles 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 clinics32
- Dentists and orthodontists24
- Primary care and pediatrics43
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors43
- Physical therapy27
- Optometrists and eye care28
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in The Dalles, OR area?
There are 13 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in The Dalles area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in The Dalles, OR area spend on medical and dental services?
About $12.2M a year, or $1,153 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $937K per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,563 households in The Dalles area and national spending patterns by income.
How does The Dalles, OR area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Dalles area has 12.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $937K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, The Dalles area would have about 12, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 960 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is The Dalles, OR area growing?
Population estimates put The Dalles area at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. The median household income in The Dalles area is $64,175 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.9% 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. 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 Dalles area scores 24 for dentists and orthodontists (low), #494 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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