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Dentists and orthodontists in Chippewa County, WI

How Chippewa County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #87 of 1,886 scored counties
#10 of 60 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
21
2 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$37.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,376 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
81% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.7
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
67,614
+1.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Chippewa County scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for dentists and orthodontists, ranking #87 of 1,886 scored counties and #10 of 60 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for dentists and orthodontists.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Chippewa County comes to about $37.4M a year: $1,376 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 21 dentists and orthodontists, that is $1.8M per practice, 81% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.

Chippewa County has 21 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 7.7 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in Chippewa County in 2023. That is one for every 2,714 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Chippewa County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Chippewa County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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.

Dentists and orthodontists in Chippewa County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureChippewa CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.710.513.1
Spending per listing$1.8M$1.4M$984K
Households per official establishment2,7141,304952
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.0%−0.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,376$1,435$1,288
Median household income$74,680$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score7978

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 10
Employees, 2023
88
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
212 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
38The 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 Chippewa 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 Chippewa County

Population, 2025 estimate
67,614+1.9% since 2020
Households
27,139
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,008 sq. mi.
People per square mile
66
Median household income
$74,680+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,252
Median home value
$257,900
Jobs located here
25,936
Daytime population
62,863Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dentists and orthodontists across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Chippewa County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for dentists and orthodontists by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waushara County, WI8465.7$2.3M+2.8%#30 of 1,886
2Vilas County, WI8376.3$2.1M+2.9%#42 of 1,886
3Vernon County, WI8386.4$2.1M+2.4%#43 of 1,886
4Pierce County, WI82116.9$2.2M+3.1%#50 of 1,886
5Oconto County, WI82127.1$2M+2.9%#53 of 1,886
6Clark County, WI8075.5$2.4M+1.2%#66 of 1,886
7Kewaunee County, WI8056.0$2.4M+1.0%#67 of 1,886
8Door County, WI80106.7$2.1M+1.6%#70 of 1,886
9Burnett County, WI8057.0$1.9M+3.9%#75 of 1,886
10Chippewa County, WI79217.7$1.8M+1.9%#87 of 1,886

Other business types in Chippewa County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many dentists and orthodontists are in Chippewa County, WI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 dentists and orthodontists in Chippewa County. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.

How much do households in Chippewa County, WI spend on medical and dental services?

About $37.4M a year, or $1,376 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 27,139 households in Chippewa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Chippewa County, WI compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?

Chippewa County has 7.7 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.8M, 81% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Chippewa County would have about 38, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,714 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.

How fast is Chippewa County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Chippewa County at 67,614 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,139 households. Median household income in Chippewa County is $74,680, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Chippewa County scores 79 for dentists and orthodontists (high), #87 of 1,886 scored counties.

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