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Medical and dental practices in Prowers County, CO
How Prowers County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,243 of 2,394 scored counties
#11 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 30
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,087 a household
- Spending per listing
- $172K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 63.4
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,884
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 medical and dental practices in Prowers County. None of them are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 63.4 for every 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Prowers County comes to about $5.1M a year: $1,087 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $172K per practice, 12% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Prowers County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,578 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Prowers County declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Prowers County is 49 (lower middle), #1,243 of 2,394 scored counties and #11 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.
How Prowers County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Prowers County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 63.4 | 107.3 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $172K | $133K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,578 | 260 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,087 | $1,423 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $53,508 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 300 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Prowers 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 Prowers County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,884−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,733
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,638 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $53,508+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,349
- Median home value
- $160,600
- Jobs located here
- 4,547
- Daytime population
- 11,144Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 95 | 24 | 24.0 | $684K | +16.5% | #1 of 2,394 |
| 2Park County, CO | 93 | 11 | 12.2 | $1.2M | +5.1% | #2 of 2,394 |
| 3Grand County, CO | 77 | 34 | 45.5 | $298K | +4.8% | #159 of 2,394 |
| 4Weld County, CO | 66 | 825 | 66.4 | $209K | +14.2% | #511 of 2,394 |
| 5Adams County, CO | 62 | 1,319 | 69.9 | $199K | +6.6% | #681 of 2,394 |
| 6Archuleta County, CO | 59 | 42 | 70.9 | $180K | +6.6% | #803 of 2,394 |
| 7Delta County, CO | 58 | 64 | 49.4 | $225K | +3.6% | #838 of 2,394 |
| 8Las Animas County, CO | 57 | 28 | 43.0 | $247K | −0.7% | #862 of 2,394 |
| 9Rio Grande County, CO | 53 | 17 | 33.1 | $345K | −3.9% | #1,030 of 2,394 |
| 10Moffat County, CO | 50 | 37 | 68.6 | $175K | −1.1% | #1,189 of 2,394 |
| 11Prowers County, CO | 49 | 30 | 63.4 | $172K | −1.1% | #1,243 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Prowers County
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 Prowers County, CO?
Prowers County has 30 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Prowers County, CO spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.1M a year, or $1,087 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $172K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,733 households in Prowers County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Prowers County, CO compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Prowers County has 63.4 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $172K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Prowers County would have about 34, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,578 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Prowers County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Prowers County at 11,884 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,733 households. Median household income in Prowers County is $53,508, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.6%, 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. Prowers County scores 49 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,243 of 2,394 scored counties.
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