Health care · Small-town market · Georgia
Medical and dental practices in the Summerville, GA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for medical and dental practices in the Summerville, GA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #77 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 23
- 8 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.2M
- On medical and dental services · $897 a household
- Spending per listing
- $357K
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.1
- 70% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,300
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 medical and dental practices in the Summerville area. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.1, 70% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
At $897 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in the Summerville area spend about $8.2M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $357K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in the Summerville area classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 763 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Summerville area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Summerville area scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #77 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Summerville 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 | Summerville area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.1 | 83.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $357K | $138K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 763 | 267 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $897 | $1,150 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $50,285 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 119
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 238 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The 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 the Summerville 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 Summerville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,300+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 9,154
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 313 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $50,285+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,112
- Median home value
- $115,600
- Jobs located here
- 4,787
- Daytime population
- 19,276Residents 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 Summerville 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 Summerville 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Summerville, GA area?
There are 23 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Summerville area as of September 2026. 8 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Summerville, GA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $8.2M a year, or $897 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $357K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,154 households in the Summerville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Summerville, GA area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Summerville area has 25.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $357K, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Summerville area would have about 54, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 763 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is the Summerville, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Summerville area at 25,300 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,154 households. Median household income in the Summerville area is $50,285, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.6%, 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. 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 Summerville area scores 71 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #77 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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