Health care · Small-town market · Connecticut
Medical and dental practices in the Putnam, CT area
How the Putnam, CT 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 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #30 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Connecticut
- Listings
- 172
- 12 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 79
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,267 a household
- Spending per listing
- $290K
- 90% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.6
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 98,096
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in the Putnam area is 79 (high), #30 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Connecticut. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for medical and dental practices.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Putnam area comes to about $49.9M a year: $1,267 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $290K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 90% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
The Putnam area has 172 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 43.6 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 79 businesses with payroll in the Putnam area classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 499 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Putnam area. Population estimates show the Putnam area grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Putnam area compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Putnam area | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.6 | 95.7 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $290K | $140K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 499 | 254 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,267 | $1,338 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $90,589 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 79
- Employees, 2023
- 764
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $60.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 52Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17212 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 327The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Putnam 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 Putnam area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 98,096+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 39,412
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 174
- Median household income
- $90,589
- Average household income
- $113,121
- Median home value
- $307,600
- Jobs located here
- 28,462
- Daytime population
- 79,653Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Putnam, CT | 79 | 172 | 43.6 | $290K | +3.0% | #30 of 538 |
| 2Torrington, CT | 51 | 366 | 76.5 | $171K | +2.2% | #265 of 538 |
Other business types in the Putnam 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 clinics79
- Dentists and orthodontists80
- Primary care and pediatrics74
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors85
- Physical therapy82
- 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 Putnam, CT area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 172 medical and dental practices in the Putnam area. 12 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Another 52 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Putnam, CT area spend on medical and dental services?
About $49.9M a year, or $1,267 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 172 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $290K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,412 households in the Putnam area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Putnam, CT area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Putnam area has 43.6 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $290K, 90% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Putnam area would have about 327, against 172 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 499 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is the Putnam, CT area growing?
Population estimates put the Putnam area at 98,096 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,412 households. The median household income in the Putnam area is $90,589 a year, 12% above 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 Putnam area scores 79 for medical and dental practices (high), #30 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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