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Dentists and orthodontists in Lavaca County, TX
The dentists and orthodontists in Lavaca County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,485 of 1,886 scored counties
#95 of 126 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,064 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,651
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
For dentists and orthodontists, Lavaca County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,485 of 1,886 scored counties and #95 of 126 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 dentists and orthodontists in Lavaca County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.6, 19% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
At $1,064 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Lavaca County spend about $9M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $1M per practice, 2% above the U.S. figure of $984K. 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 Lavaca County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lavaca County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lavaca 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 | Lavaca County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 13.8 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $842K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 924 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,064 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $63,240 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 33 |
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
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Lavaca 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 Lavaca County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,651+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,476
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 970 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $63,240+16.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,683
- Median home value
- $228,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,202
- Daytime population
- 17,165Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 95Lavaca County, TX | 35 | 9 | 10.6 | $1M | +1.5% | #1,485 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Lavaca County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Lavaca County, TX?
Lavaca County has 9 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. No official count is published for offices of dentists in Lavaca County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lavaca County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $9M a year, or $1,064 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,476 households in Lavaca County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lavaca County, TX compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Lavaca County has 10.6 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending.
How fast is Lavaca County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Lavaca County at 20,651 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,476 households. The median household income in Lavaca County is $63,240 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.2% 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. Lavaca County scores 35 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #1,485 of 1,886 scored counties.
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