Health care · Small-town market · California
Medical and dental practices in the Bishop, CA area
How the Bishop, CA 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #201 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 38
- 5 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,255 a household
- Spending per listing
- $266K
- 74% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 47.3
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,158
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,255 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Bishop area spend about $10.1M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $266K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 74% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
There are 38 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Bishop area as of September 2026. 5 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That is 47.3 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Bishop area in 2023. That is one for every 423 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Bishop area declined 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in the Bishop area is 57 (upper middle), #201 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California.
How the Bishop area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Bishop area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 47.3 | 88.3 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $266K | $166K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 423 | 199 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,255 | $1,464 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $73,991 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19
- Employees, 2023
- 57
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 385 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The 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 Bishop 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 Bishop area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,158−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,040
- Median age
- 45.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 10,197 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $73,991
- Average household income
- $94,111
- Median home value
- $348,700
- Jobs located here
- 7,330
- Daytime population
- 17,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Susanville, CA | 68 | 28 | 30.3 | $383K | −13.1% | #101 of 538 |
| 2Red Bluff, CA | 68 | 101 | 40.7 | $289K | −1.7% | #102 of 538 |
| 3Crescent City, CA | 63 | 26 | 27.3 | $432K | −4.4% | #141 of 538 |
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 60 | 146 | 67.1 | $208K | +0.9% | #170 of 538 |
| 4Clearlake, CA | 60 | 161 | 59.8 | $195K | −0.6% | #171 of 538 |
| 5Bishop, CA | 57 | 38 | 47.3 | $266K | −4.4% | #201 of 538 |
| 6Eureka-Arcata, CA | 50 | 294 | 53.5 | $219K | −3.4% | #267 of 538 |
| 7Ukiah, CA | 43 | 228 | 65.4 | $185K | −3.5% | #338 of 538 |
| 8Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 43 | 350 | 81.7 | $170K | −0.4% | #340 of 538 |
| 9Sonora, CA | 22 | 218 | 96.1 | $133K | −4.0% | #502 of 538 |
Other business types in the Bishop 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Bishop, CA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 38 medical and dental practices in the Bishop area. 5 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Bishop, CA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $10.1M a year, or $1,255 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $266K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,040 households in the Bishop area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bishop, CA area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Bishop area has 47.3 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $266K, 74% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Bishop area would have about 66, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 423 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bishop, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Bishop area at 18,158 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,040 households. The median household income in the Bishop area is $73,991 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Bishop area scores 57 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #201 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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