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Dentists and orthodontists in Rockbridge County, VA
The dentists and orthodontists in Rockbridge County, VA, 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,055 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 22,663
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Rockbridge County spend about $10.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,055 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $10.1M of household spending for each practice on map listings. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Rockbridge County has 1 dentist or orthodontist on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Rockbridge County in 2023. That is one for every 2,388 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rockbridge County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 dentist or orthodontist on map listings, Rockbridge County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Rockbridge 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 | Rockbridge County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $10.1M | $940K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,388 | 989 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,055 | $1,264 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $65,469 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,6630.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,552
- Median age
- 47.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 597 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $65,469+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,858
- Median home value
- $248,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,337
- Daytime population
- 18,033Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Rockbridge County, VA | Not scored | 1 | 1.0 | $10.1M | 0.0% |
Other business types in Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 dentist or orthodontist in Rockbridge County. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Rockbridge County, VA spend on medical and dental services?
About $10.1M a year, or $1,055 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dentist or orthodontist on map listings, it comes to $10.1M 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 9,552 households in Rockbridge County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rockbridge County, VA compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Rockbridge County has 1 dentist or orthodontist on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Rockbridge County would have about 10, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,388 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Rockbridge County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Rockbridge County at 22,663 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,552 households. Median household income in Rockbridge County is $65,469, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Rockbridge County has no market score for dentists and orthodontists: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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