Health care · Small-town market · Texas
Dentists and orthodontists in the Borger, TX area
The dentists and orthodontists in the Borger, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #467 of 526 scored small-town markets
#29 of 35 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,059 a household
- Spending per listing
- $824K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.9
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,633
- −4.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in the Borger area is 28 (lower middle), #467 of 526 scored small-town markets and #29 of 35 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $1,059 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Borger area spend about $7.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $824K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
The Borger area has 9 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 12.9 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Borger area in 2023. That is one for every 1,750 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Borger area declined 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Borger area 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 | Borger area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.9 | 13.8 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $824K | $842K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,750 | 924 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,059 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $67,228 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 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 the Borger area, 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 the Borger area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,633−4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,000
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 887 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $67,228+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,061
- Median home value
- $119,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,541
- Daytime population
- 18,790Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Borger area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mineral Wells, TX | 79 | 6 | 5.3 | $1.9M | +8.2% | #27 of 526 |
| 2Corsicana, TX | 72 | 12 | 6.3 | $1.6M | +8.2% | #61 of 526 |
| 3Jacksonville, TX | 69 | 12 | 6.6 | $1.5M | +5.4% | #87 of 526 |
| 4Del Rio, TX | 68 | 9 | 5.4 | $1.9M | +0.5% | #94 of 526 |
| 5Athens, TX | 63 | 29 | 8.6 | $1.2M | +7.5% | #144 of 526 |
| 6Big Spring, TX | 61 | 7 | 5.7 | $1.9M | −12.4% | #152 of 526 |
| 7Brenham, TX | 61 | 12 | 7.8 | $1.4M | +7.0% | #159 of 526 |
| 8Bonham, TX | 58 | 14 | 11.0 | $999K | +9.2% | #200 of 526 |
| 9Stephenville, TX | 56 | 11 | 6.5 | $1.6M | +2.8% | #211 of 526 |
| 10Port Lavaca, TX | 53 | 8 | 9.2 | $1.2M | −2.3% | #231 of 526 |
| 29Borger, TX | 28 | 9 | 12.9 | $824K | −4.5% | #467 of 526 |
Other business types in the Borger area
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 the Borger, TX area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 dentists and orthodontists in the Borger area. One of them (11%) 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 the Borger, TX area spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.4M a year, or $1,059 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $824K 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 7,000 households in the Borger area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Borger, TX area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Borger area has 12.9 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $824K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Borger area would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,750 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the Borger, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Borger area at 19,633 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,000 households. Median household income in the Borger area is $67,228, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.0%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Borger area scores 28 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #467 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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