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Dentists and orthodontists in Brooke County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Brooke County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #954 of 1,886 scored counties
#8 of 28 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.6M
- On medical and dental services · $993 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 63% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,142
- −6.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Brooke County comes to about $9.6M a year: $993 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per practice, 63% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
There are 6 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Brooke County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Brooke County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 1,935 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Brooke County declined 6.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists in Brooke County is 49 (lower middle), #954 of 1,886 scored counties and #8 of 28 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Brooke County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Brooke County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 9.2 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.1M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,935 | 1,540 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.0% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.0% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $993 | $1,005 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $54,316 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 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 Brooke 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 Brooke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,142−6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,675
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 89 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 245
- Median household income
- $54,316+5.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,922
- Median home value
- $141,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,914
- Daytime population
- 19,521Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Brooke County marked.
Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 85 | 12 | 5.3 | $2.4M | +9.2% | #23 of 1,886 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 73 | 34 | 6.7 | $1.7M | +13.7% | #203 of 1,886 |
| 3Morgan County, WV | 68 | 5 | 6.8 | $1.5M | +5.5% | #320 of 1,886 |
| 4Mineral County, WV | 67 | 5 | 4.5 | $2.3M | −0.4% | #328 of 1,886 |
| 5Wayne County, WV | 63 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.1M | −4.0% | #450 of 1,886 |
| 6Preston County, WV | 56 | 8 | 6.2 | $1.6M | −0.6% | #702 of 1,886 |
| 7Boone County, WV | 50 | 5 | 6.3 | $1.5M | −6.9% | #923 of 1,886 |
| 8Brooke County, WV | 49 | 6 | 6.2 | $1.6M | −6.0% | #954 of 1,886 |
| 9Hancock County, WV | 49 | 9 | 7.0 | $1.4M | −4.5% | #959 of 1,886 |
| 10Mingo County, WV | 45 | 6 | 6.4 | $1.3M | −8.7% | #1,118 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Brooke 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 Brooke County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 dentists and orthodontists in Brooke County. None of them are chain locations. 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 Brooke County, WV spend on medical and dental services?
About $9.6M a year, or $993 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 9,675 households in Brooke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brooke County, WV compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Brooke County has 6.2 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.6M, 63% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Brooke County would have about 10, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,935 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Brooke County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Brooke County at 21,142 people in 2025, down 6.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,675 households. Median household income in Brooke County is $54,316, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 5.5%, 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. Brooke County scores 49 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #954 of 1,886 scored counties.
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