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Dentists and orthodontists in Meade County, SD
The dentists and orthodontists in Meade County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,410 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 4.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 75% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,711
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Meade County comes to about $16.9M a year: $1,410 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 4.3 times the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Meade County has 4 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 75% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Meade County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,992 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $387K has gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Meade County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Meade County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, Meade County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Meade County compares
The same measures for South 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.
| Measure | Meade County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 10.9 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $1.3M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,992 | 1,153 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.2% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,410 | $1,402 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $74,790 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 48
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $387K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Meade 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 Meade County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,711+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,968
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $74,790+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,155
- Median home value
- $310,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,923
- Daytime population
- 24,809Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Minnehaha County, SD | 70 | 90 | 10.6 | $1.4M | +7.6% | #273 of 1,886 |
| 2Lawrence County, SD | 69 | 13 | 10.8 | $1.3M | +14.0% | #298 of 1,886 |
| 3Beadle County, SD | 68 | 7 | 9.3 | $1.4M | +2.4% | #322 of 1,886 |
| 4Brookings County, SD | 60 | 15 | 10.9 | $1.3M | +9.6% | #584 of 1,886 |
| 5Lincoln County, SD | 59 | 38 | 13.6 | $1.2M | +17.5% | #630 of 1,886 |
| 6Lake County, SD | 49 | 5 | 10.6 | $1.3M | −0.2% | #963 of 1,886 |
| 7Union County, SD | 46 | 11 | 15.0 | $1M | +3.3% | #1,104 of 1,886 |
| 8Clay County, SD | 44 | 8 | 14.4 | $887K | +0.2% | #1,174 of 1,886 |
| 9Pennington County, SD | 40 | 79 | 17.0 | $823K | +6.6% | #1,307 of 1,886 |
| 10Brown County, SD | 38 | 20 | 12.3 | $1.1M | −1.7% | #1,353 of 1,886 |
| Meade County, SD | Not scored | 4 | 3.3 | $4.2M | +2.7% |
Other business types in Meade 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 Meade County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 dentists and orthodontists in Meade County. 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 Meade County, SD spend on medical and dental services?
About $16.9M a year, or $1,410 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 11,968 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meade County, SD compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Meade County has 3.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 75% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $4.2M, 4.3 times the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Meade County would have about 17, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,992 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Meade County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Meade County at 30,711 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,968 households. Median household income in Meade County is $74,790, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Meade County has no market score for dentists and orthodontists: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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