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Dentists and orthodontists in Uvalde County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Uvalde County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,805 of 1,886 scored counties
#121 of 126 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.9M
- On medical and dental services · $938 a household
- Spending per listing
- $658K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.3
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,963
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in Uvalde County is 22 (low), #1,805 of 1,886 scored counties and #121 of 126 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 dentists and orthodontists in Uvalde County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 14.3 per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Households in Uvalde County spend about $7.9M a year on medical and dental services, or $938 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $658K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 33% below 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.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Uvalde County in 2023. That is one for every 1,202 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Uvalde County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Uvalde 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 | Uvalde County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.3 | 13.8 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $658K | $842K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,202 | 924 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $938 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $53,801 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- 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 Uvalde 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 Uvalde County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,963+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 8,417
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,552 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $53,801+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,699
- Median home value
- $150,800
- Jobs located here
- 8,934
- Daytime population
- 22,514Residents 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 |
| 121Uvalde County, TX | 22 | 12 | 14.3 | $658K | +1.6% | #1,805 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Uvalde 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 Uvalde County, TX?
There are 12 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Uvalde County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Uvalde County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.9M a year, or $938 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $658K per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,417 households in Uvalde County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Uvalde County, TX compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Uvalde County has 14.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $658K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Uvalde County would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,202 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Uvalde County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Uvalde County at 24,963 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,417 households. The median household income in Uvalde County is $53,801 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.1% 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. Uvalde County scores 22 for dentists and orthodontists (low), #1,805 of 1,886 scored counties.
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