Health care · Small-town market · California
Medical and dental practices in the Sonora, CA area
The medical and dental practices in the Sonora, CA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #502 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 218
- 9 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 102
- −12.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $28.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,275 a household
- Spending per listing
- $133K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 96.1
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,160
- −4.0% since 2020
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What this means
For medical and dental practices, the Sonora area has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #502 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Sonora area comes to about $28.9M a year: $1,275 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $133K per practice, 13% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
The Sonora area has 218 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 96.1 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Official counts show 102 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Sonora area in 2023, down 12.8% from 2019. That is one for every 222 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Sonora area from 2020 to 2025 at −4.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Sonora 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 | Sonora area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 96.1 | 88.3 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $133K | $166K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 222 | 199 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.8% | +2.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,275 | $1,464 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $77,404 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 102−12.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 608
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $54.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2189 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 190The 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 Sonora 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 Sonora area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,160−4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 22,690
- Median age
- 48.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,221 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $77,404+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,064
- Median home value
- $433,200
- Jobs located here
- 16,129
- Daytime population
- 40,598Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in California (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sonora area marked.
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 Sonora 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 clinics22
- Dentists and orthodontists18
- Primary care and pediatrics36
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors50
- Physical therapy51
- 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 Sonora, CA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 218 medical and dental practices in the Sonora area. 9 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 102 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 12.8% from 2019. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Sonora, CA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $28.9M a year, or $1,275 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 218 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $133K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,690 households in the Sonora area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sonora, CA area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Sonora area has 96.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $133K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Sonora area would have about 190, against 218 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 222 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sonora, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Sonora area at 53,160 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,690 households. The median household income in the Sonora area is $77,404 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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 Sonora area scores 22 for medical and dental practices (low), #502 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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