Health care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Medical and dental practices in the Forrest City, AR area
How the Forrest City, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #514 of 538 scored small-town markets
#11 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 54
- 7 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On medical and dental services · $854 a household
- Spending per listing
- $123K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 69.4
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,800
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
For medical and dental practices, the Forrest City area has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #514 of 538 scored small-town markets and #11 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $854 per household (34% below the U.S. average), households in the Forrest City area spend about $6.6M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $123K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
The Forrest City area has 54 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 13%, against 11% across the U.S. That is 69.4 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in the Forrest City area classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 432 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Forrest City area declined 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Forrest City area compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the medical and dental practices 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 | Forrest City area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 69.4 | 68.1 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $123K | $150K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 432 | 275 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $854 | $1,022 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $42,574 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 148
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 547 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The 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 physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Forrest City 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 Forrest City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,800−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,783
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $42,574+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,099
- Median home value
- $90,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,530
- Daytime population
- 21,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Malvern, AR | 55 | 56 | 45.5 | $210K | +1.1% | #221 of 538 |
| 2Blytheville, AR | 46 | 72 | 46.6 | $207K | −6.7% | #308 of 538 |
| 3Camden, AR | 45 | 39 | 37.8 | $247K | −3.6% | #320 of 538 |
| 4Russellville, AR | 43 | 156 | 47.7 | $206K | +1.6% | #335 of 538 |
| 5Paragould, AR | 42 | 114 | 63.4 | $153K | +3.4% | #351 of 538 |
| 6Magnolia, AR | 36 | 40 | 47.6 | $201K | −3.7% | #402 of 538 |
| 7Harrison, AR | 30 | 111 | 59.9 | $160K | +2.4% | #450 of 538 |
| 8Searcy, AR | 28 | 238 | 80.3 | $119K | +4.2% | #467 of 538 |
| 9Batesville, AR | 25 | 130 | 88.8 | $110K | +2.2% | #484 of 538 |
| 10Pine Bluff, AR | 19 | 170 | 63.1 | $148K | −5.6% | #513 of 538 |
| 11Forrest City, AR | 19 | 54 | 69.4 | $123K | −5.3% | #514 of 538 |
Other business types in the Forrest City area
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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics19
- Dentists and orthodontists23
- Primary care and pediatrics10
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Forrest City, AR area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 54 medical and dental practices in the Forrest City area. 7 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Forrest City, AR area spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.6M a year, or $854 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $123K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,783 households in the Forrest City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Forrest City, AR area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Forrest City area has 69.4 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $123K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Forrest City area would have about 44, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 432 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is the Forrest City, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Forrest City area at 21,800 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,783 households. The median household income in the Forrest City area is $42,574 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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 Forrest City area scores 19 for medical and dental practices (low), #514 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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