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Dentists and orthodontists in Perkins County, SD
How Perkins County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,341 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 2,853
- +0.9% since 2020
See the dentists and orthodontists around any address in Perkins County
The site report maps the dentists and orthodontists on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Perkins County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
At $1,341 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Perkins County spend about $1.8M a year on medical and dental services. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no dentists and orthodontists in Perkins County. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Perkins County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of dentists in Perkins County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Perkins County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Perkins 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 | Perkins County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 10.9 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $1.3M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,153 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.2% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,341 | $1,402 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $66,908 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Perkins 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 Perkins County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,853+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 1,309
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 2,871 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $66,908
- Average household income
- $105,323
- Median home value
- $114,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,203
- Daytime population
- 2,985Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Perkins County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the dentists and orthodontists on map listings by name and distance.
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Perkins County marked.
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 |
| Perkins County, SD | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.9% |
Other business types in Perkins County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Perkins County, SD?
There are no dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Perkins County as of September 2026. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. No official count is published for offices of dentists in Perkins County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Perkins County, SD spend on medical and dental services?
About $1.8M a year, or $1,341 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 1,309 households in Perkins County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Perkins County, SD compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Perkins County has no dentists and orthodontists on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Perkins County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
How fast is Perkins County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Perkins County at 2,853 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,309 households. Median household income in Perkins County is $66,908, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Perkins County. It maps the dentists and orthodontists on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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