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Dentists and orthodontists in Wayne County, TN
How Wayne County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.6M
- On medical and dental services · $931 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 16,416
- +1.2% since 2020
See the dentists and orthodontists around any address in Wayne County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dentists and orthodontists in Wayne County. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households.
Households in Wayne County spend about $5.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $931 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 dentists and orthodontists, that is $2.8M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Wayne County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wayne County grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, Wayne County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Wayne County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Wayne County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 11.1 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $978K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,269 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.1% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $931 | $1,088 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $52,294 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
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
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,416+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 5,982
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 734 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $52,294+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,516
- Median home value
- $130,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,044
- Daytime population
- 13,981Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Wayne 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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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 86 | 6 | 3.5 | $3.4M | +7.7% | #15 of 1,886 |
| 2Lincoln County, TN | 78 | 5 | 3.4 | $3.1M | +4.3% | #89 of 1,886 |
| 3Hawkins County, TN | 77 | 8 | 3.4 | $2.8M | +5.0% | #109 of 1,886 |
| 4Bedford County, TN | 77 | 11 | 5.6 | $1.9M | +9.7% | #115 of 1,886 |
| 5Roane County, TN | 74 | 15 | 6.6 | $1.6M | +7.0% | #182 of 1,886 |
| 6Marion County, TN | 72 | 6 | 5.1 | $2M | +3.2% | #212 of 1,886 |
| 7Claiborne County, TN | 69 | 7 | 5.1 | $1.8M | +3.6% | #289 of 1,886 |
| 8Cocke County, TN | 69 | 8 | 5.2 | $1.7M | +5.1% | #291 of 1,886 |
| 9Greene County, TN | 69 | 16 | 5.6 | $1.7M | +5.0% | #292 of 1,886 |
| 10Carroll County, TN | 68 | 5 | 4.3 | $2.2M | +2.7% | #300 of 1,886 |
| Wayne County, TN | Not scored | 2 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +1.2% |
Other business types in Wayne 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 Wayne County, TN?
There are 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Wayne County as of September 2026. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. No official count is published for offices of dentists in Wayne County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wayne County, TN spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.6M a year, or $931 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,982 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wayne County, TN compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Wayne County has 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Wayne County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Wayne County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Wayne County at 16,416 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,982 households. The median household income in Wayne County is $52,294 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. 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. Wayne County has no market score for dentists and orthodontists: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Wayne 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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