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Dentists and orthodontists in Shelby County, TX
How Shelby 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,320 of 1,886 scored counties
#82 of 126 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On medical and dental services · $957 a household
- Spending per listing
- $996K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,286
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $957 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Shelby County spend about $9M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $996K of household spending for each practice on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Shelby County has 9 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.6, 27% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Shelby County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,873 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Shelby County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in Shelby County is 39 (lower middle), #1,320 of 1,886 scored counties and #82 of 126 scored counties in Texas.
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 13.8 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $996K | $842K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,873 | 924 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $957 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $49,776 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,286+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,366
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 796 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $49,776+17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,187
- Median home value
- $101,500
- Jobs located here
- 8,915
- Daytime population
- 24,049Residents 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 |
| 82Shelby County, TX | 39 | 9 | 9.6 | $996K | +1.0% | #1,320 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Shelby County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Shelby County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 dentists and orthodontists in Shelby County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Shelby County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $9M a year, or $957 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $996K 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 9,366 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, TX compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Shelby County has 9.6 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $996K, in line with the U.S. figure of $984K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,873 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 24,286 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,366 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $49,776, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.1%, 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. Shelby County scores 39 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #1,320 of 1,886 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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