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Dentists and orthodontists in Willacy County, TX
The dentists and orthodontists in Willacy County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.3M
- On medical and dental services · $938 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,971
- −0.8% since 2020
See the dentists and orthodontists around any address in Willacy County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dentists and orthodontists in Willacy County. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households.
At $938 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Willacy County spend about $5.3M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 2 dentists and orthodontists, that is $2.7M per practice. 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 Willacy County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Willacy County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, Willacy County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Willacy 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 | Willacy County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 13.8 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $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 | −0.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $938 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $54,180 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Willacy 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 Willacy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,971−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,691
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 591 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $54,180+52.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,310
- Median home value
- $73,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,193
- Daytime population
- 16,399Residents 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 |
| Willacy County, TX | Not scored | 2 | 3.5 | $2.7M | −0.8% |
Other business types in Willacy County
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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Willacy County, TX?
There are 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Willacy County as of September 2026. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. No official count is published for offices of dentists in Willacy County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Willacy County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.3M 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 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,691 households in Willacy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Willacy County, TX compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Willacy County has 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Willacy County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Willacy County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Willacy County at 19,971 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,691 households. The median household income in Willacy County is $54,180 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 52.5% 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. Willacy County has no market score for dentists and orthodontists: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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