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Medical and dental practices in Appling County, GA
How Appling County, GA 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,641 of 2,394 scored counties
#75 of 122 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 42
- 7 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On medical and dental services · $916 a household
- Spending per listing
- $157K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 58.5
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,100
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Appling County comes to about $6.6M a year: $916 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $157K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Appling County has 42 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 58.5, 31% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Appling County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 513 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Appling County grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Appling County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #1,641 of 2,394 scored counties and #75 of 122 scored counties in Georgia.
How Appling County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Appling County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 58.5 | 83.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $157K | $138K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 513 | 267 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $916 | $1,150 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $46,651 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 168
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 427 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 Appling 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 Appling County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,100+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,178
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 508 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $46,651+15.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,439
- Median home value
- $76,700
- Jobs located here
- 7,627
- Daytime population
- 18,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harris County, GA | 87 | 19 | 14.6 | $866K | +6.8% | #13 of 2,394 |
| 2Oglethorpe County, GA | 86 | 6 | 11.1 | $983K | +10.4% | #23 of 2,394 |
| 3Madison County, GA | 84 | 11 | 9.8 | $1M | +8.8% | #40 of 2,394 |
| 4Pike County, GA | 84 | 14 | 20.8 | $561K | +10.5% | #44 of 2,394 |
| 5Banks County, GA | 82 | 10 | 14.6 | $729K | +17.3% | #70 of 2,394 |
| 6Jasper County, GA | 82 | 13 | 21.8 | $475K | +20.2% | #75 of 2,394 |
| 7Long County, GA | 80 | 6 | 9.7 | $1M | +32.6% | #93 of 2,394 |
| 8Pierce County, GA | 77 | 12 | 15.8 | $664K | +5.1% | #136 of 2,394 |
| 9Walker County, GA | 77 | 47 | 17.8 | $562K | +3.7% | #139 of 2,394 |
| 10Jones County, GA | 76 | 19 | 17.6 | $618K | +2.8% | #164 of 2,394 |
| 75Appling County, GA | 41 | 42 | 58.5 | $157K | +3.9% | #1,641 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Appling 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 Appling County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 medical and dental practices in Appling County. 7 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in Appling County, GA spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.6M a year, or $916 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $157K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,178 households in Appling County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Appling County, GA compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Appling County has 58.5 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $157K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Appling County would have about 43, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 513 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Appling County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Appling County at 19,100 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,178 households. The median household income in Appling County is $46,651 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.8% 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. 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. Appling County scores 41 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,641 of 2,394 scored counties.
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