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Medical and dental practices in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area

The medical and dental practices in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #340 of 538 scored small-town markets
#8 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California

Listings
350
9 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
174
−8.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$59.6M
On medical and dental services · $1,391 a household
Spending per listing
$170K
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
81.7
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
101,911
−0.4% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Truckee-Grass Valley area comes to about $59.6M a year: $1,391 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $170K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $152K.

The Truckee-Grass Valley area has 350 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 3%, against 11% across the U.S. That is 81.7 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Official counts show 174 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Truckee-Grass Valley area in 2023, down 8.4% from 2019. That is one for every 246 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 100 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.6M has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Truckee-Grass Valley area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Truckee-Grass Valley area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For medical and dental practices, the Truckee-Grass Valley area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #340 of 538 scored small-town markets and #8 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California.

How the Truckee-Grass Valley 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.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureTruckee-Grass Valley areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households81.788.384.5
Spending per listing$170K$166K$152K
Households per official establishment246199270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−8.4%+2.6%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,391$1,464$1,288
Median household income$89,882$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score4343

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
174−8.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,208
Annual payroll, 2023
$90M
One-person businesses, 2023
100Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3509 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
391The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Truckee-Grass Valley 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 Truckee-Grass Valley area

Population, 2025 estimate
101,911−0.4% since 2020
Households
42,865
Median age
49.8
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
958 sq. mi.
People per square mile
107
Median household income
$89,882+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$124,444
Median home value
$621,800
Jobs located here
31,275
Daytime population
94,590Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across California

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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 Truckee-Grass Valley area marked.

Top small-town markets in California

Small-town markets in California ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Susanville, CA682830.3$383K−13.1%#101 of 538
2Red Bluff, CA6810140.7$289K−1.7%#102 of 538
3Crescent City, CA632627.3$432K−4.4%#141 of 538
Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA6014667.1$208K+0.9%#170 of 538
4Clearlake, CA6016159.8$195K−0.6%#171 of 538
5Bishop, CA573847.3$266K−4.4%#201 of 538
6Eureka-Arcata, CA5029453.5$219K−3.4%#267 of 538
7Ukiah, CA4322865.4$185K−3.5%#338 of 538
8Truckee-Grass Valley, CA4335081.7$170K−0.4%#340 of 538
9Sonora, CA2221896.1$133K−4.0%#502 of 538

Other business types in the Truckee-Grass Valley area

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

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 350 medical and dental practices in the Truckee-Grass Valley area. 9 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 174 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 8.4% from 2019. Official counts list 100 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area spend on medical and dental services?

About $59.6M a year, or $1,391 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 350 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $170K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 42,865 households in the Truckee-Grass Valley area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

The Truckee-Grass Valley area has 81.7 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $170K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Truckee-Grass Valley area would have about 391, against 350 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 246 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area growing?

Population estimates put the Truckee-Grass Valley area at 101,911 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 42,865 households. The median household income in the Truckee-Grass Valley area is $89,882 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% 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 Truckee-Grass Valley area scores 43 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #340 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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