Health care · Small-town market · Florida
Medical and dental practices in the Key West-Key Largo, FL area
The medical and dental practices in the Key West-Key Largo, FL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #495 of 538 scored small-town markets
#6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida
- Listings
- 315
- 30 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 149
- +2.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $42.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,239 a household
- Spending per listing
- $135K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 91.6
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,406
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
For medical and dental practices, the Key West-Key Largo area has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #495 of 538 scored small-town markets and #6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 315 medical and dental practices in the Key West-Key Largo area. Of those, 30 are chain locations, or 10%, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 91.6, 8% above the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Key West-Key Largo area comes to about $42.6M a year: $1,239 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $135K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
Official counts show 149 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Key West-Key Largo area in 2023, up 2.1% from 2019. That is one for every 231 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $700K have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Key West-Key Largo area. Population estimates show the Key West-Key Largo area declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Key West-Key Largo area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Key West-Key Largo area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 91.6 | 97.0 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $135K | $117K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 231 | 218 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.1% | +8.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,239 | $1,132 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $87,738 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 149+2.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 628
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $50.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 89Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31530 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 280The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $700K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Key West-Key Largo 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 Key West-Key Largo area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,406−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 34,405
- Median age
- 48.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 983 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 83
- Median household income
- $87,738+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,520
- Median home value
- $780,600
- Jobs located here
- 41,028
- Daytime population
- 79,622Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clewiston, FL | 72 | 89 | 47.8 | $208K | +18.8% | #76 of 538 |
| 2Arcadia, FL | 68 | 56 | 43.7 | $209K | +8.8% | #106 of 538 |
| 3Palatka, FL | 58 | 148 | 47.2 | $198K | +5.9% | #193 of 538 |
| 4Lake City, FL | 35 | 199 | 72.5 | $137K | +6.2% | #415 of 538 |
| 5Okeechobee, FL | 34 | 107 | 70.8 | $139K | +7.4% | #425 of 538 |
| 6Key West-Key Largo, FL | 23 | 315 | 91.6 | $135K | −2.9% | #495 of 538 |
Other business types in the Key West-Key Largo 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 clinics23
- Dentists and orthodontists29
- Primary care and pediatrics36
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors32
- Physical therapy39
- Optometrists and eye care56
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Key West-Key Largo, FL area?
The Key West-Key Largo area has 315 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 30 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 149 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 2.1% from 2019. Another 89 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Key West-Key Largo, FL area spend on medical and dental services?
About $42.6M a year, or $1,239 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 315 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $135K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,405 households in the Key West-Key Largo area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Key West-Key Largo, FL area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Key West-Key Largo area has 91.6 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $135K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Key West-Key Largo area would have about 280, against 315 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 231 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Key West-Key Largo, FL area growing?
Population estimates put the Key West-Key Largo area at 80,406 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 34,405 households. Median household income in the Key West-Key Largo area is $87,738, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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 Key West-Key Largo area scores 23 for medical and dental practices (low), #495 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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