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Dentists and orthodontists in Powhatan County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Powhatan County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #634 of 1,886 scored counties
#30 of 84 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15M
- On medical and dental services · $1,327 a household
- Spending per listing
- $884K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.0
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,591
- +7.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Powhatan County spend about $15M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,327 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $884K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Powhatan County has 17 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 15.0 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 13.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Powhatan County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,265 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Powhatan County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, Powhatan County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #634 of 1,886 scored counties and #30 of 84 scored counties in Virginia.
How Powhatan County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Powhatan County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.0 | 13.5 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $884K | $940K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,265 | 989 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,327 | $1,264 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $110,537 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 65
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Powhatan 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 Powhatan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,591+7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 11,325
- Median age
- 45.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 93%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 260 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 121
- Median household income
- $110,537+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $133,936
- Median home value
- $416,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,943
- Daytime population
- 24,172Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Powhatan County marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goochland County, VA | 92 | 7 | 6.8 | $2.1M | +17.4% | #3 of 1,886 |
| 2Frederick County, VA | 87 | 18 | 5.1 | $2.5M | +8.8% | #14 of 1,886 |
| 3Caroline County, VA | 86 | 5 | 4.2 | $2.8M | +11.3% | #16 of 1,886 |
| 4King George County, VA | 85 | 8 | 7.9 | $1.7M | +10.5% | #26 of 1,886 |
| 5New Kent County, VA | 84 | 8 | 8.6 | $1.6M | +21.2% | #34 of 1,886 |
| 6Orange County, VA | 83 | 8 | 5.4 | $2.3M | +10.1% | #41 of 1,886 |
| 7Louisa County, VA | 82 | 10 | 6.4 | $1.8M | +13.6% | #54 of 1,886 |
| 8Fluvanna County, VA | 81 | 5 | 4.8 | $2.5M | +6.2% | #55 of 1,886 |
| 9Isle of Wight County, VA | 80 | 9 | 5.7 | $2.1M | +6.7% | #69 of 1,886 |
| 10Clarke County, VA | 76 | 5 | 8.5 | $1.6M | +5.4% | #137 of 1,886 |
| 30Powhatan County, VA | 59 | 17 | 15.0 | $884K | +7.0% | #634 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Powhatan 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 Powhatan County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 dentists and orthodontists in Powhatan County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. 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 Powhatan County, VA spend on medical and dental services?
About $15M a year, or $1,327 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $884K 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 11,325 households in Powhatan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Powhatan County, VA compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Powhatan County has 15.0 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $884K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Powhatan County would have about 15, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,265 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Powhatan County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Powhatan County at 32,591 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,325 households. Median household income in Powhatan County is $110,537, 37% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. Powhatan County scores 59 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #634 of 1,886 scored counties.
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