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Dentists and orthodontists in Saluda County, SC
The dentists and orthodontists in Saluda County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #757 of 1,886 scored counties
#12 of 38 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.5M
- On medical and dental services · $975 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,680
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Saluda County spend about $7.5M a year on medical and dental services, or $975 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 dentists and orthodontists, that is $1.2M per practice, 27% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Saluda County has 6 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 40% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Saluda County in 2023. That is one for every 1,918 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Saluda County grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Saluda County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #757 of 1,886 scored counties and #12 of 38 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Saluda County compares
The same measures for South 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 | Saluda County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 11.4 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $951K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,918 | 1,205 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.7% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $975 | $1,086 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $51,009 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Saluda 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 Saluda County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,680+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,670
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 453 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $51,009+11.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,200
- Median home value
- $146,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,321
- Daytime population
- 16,117Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jasper County, SC | 77 | 6 | 4.6 | $2.3M | +32.2% | #112 of 1,886 |
| 2Edgefield County, SC | 76 | 5 | 5.1 | $2.1M | +16.1% | #127 of 1,886 |
| 3Laurens County, SC | 68 | 15 | 5.6 | $1.7M | +6.2% | #309 of 1,886 |
| 4Chesterfield County, SC | 66 | 9 | 5.1 | $1.8M | +3.4% | #374 of 1,886 |
| 5Darlington County, SC | 65 | 11 | 4.3 | $2.2M | +0.1% | #397 of 1,886 |
| 6Kershaw County, SC | 65 | 21 | 7.8 | $1.4M | +11.6% | #422 of 1,886 |
| 7Berkeley County, SC | 60 | 99 | 10.6 | $1.1M | +18.7% | #589 of 1,886 |
| 8Cherokee County, SC | 59 | 16 | 7.3 | $1.3M | +3.7% | #626 of 1,886 |
| 9Horry County, SC | 58 | 142 | 8.9 | $1.2M | +20.9% | #668 of 1,886 |
| 10Clarendon County, SC | 56 | 7 | 5.7 | $1.6M | +0.7% | #699 of 1,886 |
| 12Saluda County, SC | 55 | 6 | 7.8 | $1.2M | +4.1% | #757 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Saluda County
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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Saluda County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 dentists and orthodontists in Saluda County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Saluda County, SC spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.5M a year, or $975 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 7,670 households in Saluda County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saluda County, SC compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Saluda County has 7.8 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.2M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Saluda County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,918 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Saluda County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Saluda County at 19,680 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,670 households. Median household income in Saluda County is $51,009, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.6%, 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. Saluda County scores 55 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #757 of 1,886 scored counties.
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