Health care · Small-town market · Texas
Dentists and orthodontists in the Mount Pleasant, TX area
How the Mount Pleasant, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #480 of 526 scored small-town markets
#32 of 35 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 24
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.5M
- On medical and dental services · $984 a household
- Spending per listing
- $856K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.5
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,076
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Mount Pleasant area scores 26 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #480 of 526 scored small-town markets and #32 of 35 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Mount Pleasant area comes to about $20.5M a year: $984 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $856K per practice, 13% below the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
There are 24 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in the Mount Pleasant area as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.5, 12% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in the Mount Pleasant area classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 994 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.2M has gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Mount Pleasant area. Population estimates put the population change in the Mount Pleasant area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Mount Pleasant 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 | Mount Pleasant area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.5 | 13.8 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $856K | $842K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 994 | 924 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $984 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $58,626 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 151
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 241 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,076+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 20,868
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 854 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $58,626
- Average household income
- $76,506
- Median home value
- $163,800
- Jobs located here
- 24,480
- Daytime population
- 55,927Residents 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 Mount Pleasant 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 |
| 32Mount Pleasant, TX | 26 | 24 | 11.5 | $856K | +2.5% | #480 of 526 |
Other business types in the Mount Pleasant area
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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics37
- Dentists and orthodontists26
- Primary care and pediatrics41
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors66
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care54
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in the Mount Pleasant, TX area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 dentists and orthodontists in the Mount Pleasant area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in the Mount Pleasant, TX area spend on medical and dental services?
About $20.5M a year, or $984 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $856K 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 20,868 households in the Mount Pleasant area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mount Pleasant, TX area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Mount Pleasant area has 11.5 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $856K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Mount Pleasant area would have about 21, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 994 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the Mount Pleasant, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Mount Pleasant area at 57,076 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,868 households. Median household income in the Mount Pleasant area is $58,626, 27% 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. 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 Mount Pleasant area scores 26 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #480 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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