Health care · Small-town market · Georgia
Medical and dental practices in the Jefferson, GA area
How the Jefferson, GA 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 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #34 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 132
- 21 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- +7.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $34.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,207 a household
- Spending per listing
- $260K
- 70% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 46.5
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,265
- +29.3% since 2020
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What this means
For medical and dental practices, the Jefferson area has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #34 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for medical and dental practices.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 132 medical and dental practices in the Jefferson area. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 46.5 for every 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Households in the Jefferson area spend about $34.3M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,207 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 132 medical and dental practices, that is $260K per practice, 70% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
In 2023, official counts showed 58 businesses with payroll in the Jefferson area classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers, up 7.4% from 2019. That is one for every 490 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Jefferson area. Population estimates put the population change in the Jefferson area from 2020 to 2025 at +29.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Jefferson area 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 | Jefferson area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 46.5 | 83.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $260K | $138K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 490 | 267 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.4% | +4.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +29.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,207 | $1,150 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $89,544 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 58+7.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 481
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 44Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13221 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 225The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $4.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Jefferson 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 Jefferson area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,265+29.3% since 2020
- Households
- 28,402
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 340 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 250
- Median household income
- $89,544+37.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,650
- Median home value
- $345,000
- Jobs located here
- 45,774
- Daytime population
- 93,828Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Jefferson area marked.
Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson, GA | 78 | 132 | 46.5 | $260K | +29.3% | #34 of 538 |
| 2Cedartown, GA | 73 | 57 | 35.8 | $274K | +6.0% | #64 of 538 |
| 3Summerville, GA | 71 | 23 | 25.1 | $357K | +1.5% | #77 of 538 |
| Eufaula, AL-GA | 60 | 32 | 31.4 | $283K | −1.2% | #164 of 538 |
| 4Thomaston, GA | 57 | 53 | 50.0 | $197K | +2.7% | #206 of 538 |
| 5Bainbridge, GA | 56 | 44 | 41.4 | $227K | 0.0% | #211 of 538 |
| 6Fitzgerald, GA | 53 | 32 | 45.2 | $194K | −0.4% | #241 of 538 |
| 7Kingsland, GA | 52 | 143 | 65.9 | $164K | +9.5% | #257 of 538 |
| 8Cornelia, GA | 48 | 102 | 60.9 | $173K | +9.3% | #288 of 538 |
| 9Calhoun, GA | 47 | 164 | 76.8 | $137K | +6.9% | #305 of 538 |
Other business types in the Jefferson 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 clinics78
- Dentists and orthodontists66
- Primary care and pediatrics79
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors74
- Physical therapy84
- Optometrists and eye care76
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Jefferson, GA area?
There are 132 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Jefferson area as of September 2026. 21 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 7.4% from 2019. Another 44 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Jefferson, GA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $34.3M a year, or $1,207 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 132 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $260K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,402 households in the Jefferson area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jefferson, GA area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Jefferson area has 46.5 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $260K, 70% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Jefferson area would have about 225, against 132 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 490 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Jefferson, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Jefferson area at 99,265 people in 2025, up 29.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,402 households. Median household income in the Jefferson area is $89,544, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.0%, 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 Jefferson area scores 78 for medical and dental practices (high), #34 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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