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Dentists and orthodontists in Atascosa County, TX
How Atascosa County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #738 of 1,886 scored counties
#43 of 126 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 17
- 2 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,052 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,590
- +8.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Atascosa County comes to about $17.7M a year: $1,052 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per practice, 6% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
There are 17 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Atascosa County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.1, 23% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Atascosa County in 2023. That is one for every 2,098 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Atascosa County grew 8.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in Atascosa County is 56 (upper middle), #738 of 1,886 scored counties and #43 of 126 scored counties in Texas.
How Atascosa County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Atascosa County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 13.8 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $842K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,098 | 924 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,052 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $70,770 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 200
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 172 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Atascosa 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 Atascosa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,590+8.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,786
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,220 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $70,770+27.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,480
- Median home value
- $174,800
- Jobs located here
- 15,014
- Daytime population
- 43,060Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Texas, with Atascosa County marked.
Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 91 | 8 | 4.6 | $2.8M | +22.6% | #5 of 1,886 |
| 2Upshur County, TX | 80 | 7 | 4.5 | $2.3M | +8.2% | #68 of 1,886 |
| 3Aransas County, TX | 78 | 6 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +9.3% | #94 of 1,886 |
| 4Wise County, TX | 78 | 18 | 7.2 | $1.7M | +21.5% | #104 of 1,886 |
| 5Caldwell County, TX | 77 | 11 | 6.6 | $1.6M | +20.0% | #118 of 1,886 |
| 6Milam County, TX | 76 | 5 | 4.9 | $2.1M | +6.0% | #126 of 1,886 |
| 7Polk County, TX | 75 | 9 | 4.6 | $2.2M | +5.9% | #145 of 1,886 |
| 8Hill County, TX | 75 | 7 | 5.1 | $2M | +9.8% | #150 of 1,886 |
| 9Llano County, TX | 75 | 6 | 5.6 | $2M | +9.5% | #151 of 1,886 |
| 10Palo Pinto County, TX | 75 | 6 | 5.3 | $1.9M | +8.2% | #152 of 1,886 |
| 43Atascosa County, TX | 56 | 17 | 10.1 | $1M | +8.7% | #738 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Atascosa County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Atascosa County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 dentists and orthodontists in Atascosa County. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Atascosa County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $17.7M a year, or $1,052 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 16,786 households in Atascosa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Atascosa County, TX compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Atascosa County has 10.1 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Atascosa County would have about 18, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,098 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Atascosa County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Atascosa County at 53,590 people in 2025, up 8.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,786 households. Median household income in Atascosa County is $70,770, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.8%, 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. Atascosa County scores 56 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #738 of 1,886 scored counties.
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