Health care · Small-town market · Utah
Dentists and orthodontists in the Vernal, UT area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in the Vernal, UT area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #317 of 526 scored small-town markets
#1 of 5 scored small-town markets based in Utah
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,212 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,278
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 dentists and orthodontists in the Vernal area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 10.7 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Households in the Vernal area spend about $14.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,212 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per practice, 15% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in the Vernal area was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 714 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $620K have gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Vernal area.
Population estimates show the Vernal area grew 7.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, the Vernal area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #317 of 526 scored small-town markets and #1 of 5 scored small-town markets based in Utah.
How the Vernal area compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Vernal area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 17.9 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $779K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 714 | 629 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,212 | $1,398 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $73,746 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 148
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $620K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in the Vernal 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 Vernal area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,278+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,145
- Median age
- 33.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 4,483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $73,746+13.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,276
- Median home value
- $298,600
- Jobs located here
- 13,294
- Daytime population
- 33,300Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vernal, UT | 44 | 13 | 10.7 | $1.1M | +7.3% | #317 of 526 |
| 2Heber, UT | 43 | 52 | 18.2 | $908K | +5.3% | #337 of 526 |
| 3Brigham City, UT-ID | 41 | 29 | 13.5 | $943K | +12.6% | #358 of 526 |
| Evanston, WY-UT | 39 | 10 | 11.6 | $1.1M | +2.0% | #371 of 526 |
| 4Cedar City, UT | 33 | 30 | 14.9 | $802K | +16.4% | #427 of 526 |
| 5Price, UT | 19 | 16 | 19.7 | $555K | +1.0% | #516 of 526 |
Other business types in the Vernal area
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 the Vernal, UT area?
There are 13 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in the Vernal area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in the Vernal, UT area spend on medical and dental services?
About $14.7M a year, or $1,212 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,145 households in the Vernal area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vernal, UT area compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
The Vernal area has 10.7 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.1M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, the Vernal area would have about 15, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 714 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is the Vernal, UT area growing?
Population estimates put the Vernal area at 38,278 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,145 households. The median household income in the Vernal area is $73,746 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.0% 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. 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 Vernal area scores 44 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #317 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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