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Medical and dental practices in Sumter County, GA

How Sumter 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 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,209 of 2,394 scored counties
#109 of 122 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
69
9 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
25
−3.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$10.2M
On medical and dental services · $925 a household
Spending per listing
$147K
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
62.8
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,801
−2.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For medical and dental practices, Sumter County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #2,209 of 2,394 scored counties and #109 of 122 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Sumter County comes to about $10.2M a year: $925 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That works out to $147K per practice, 3% below the U.S. figure of $152K.

Sumter County has 69 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 13%, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 62.8 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Sumter County in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019. That is one for every 439 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Sumter County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Sumter 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.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in Sumter County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureSumter CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households62.883.684.5
Spending per listing$147K$138K$152K
Households per official establishment439267270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.8%+4.8%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$925$1,150$1,288
Median household income$42,653$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score2535

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
26 → 25−3.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
180
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
699 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
67The 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 Sumter 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 Sumter County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,801−2.4% since 2020
Households
10,986
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
60
Median household income
$42,653+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,394
Median home value
$120,200
Jobs located here
9,753
Daytime population
27,951Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Sumter County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Harris County, GA871914.6$866K+6.8%#13 of 2,394
2Oglethorpe County, GA86611.1$983K+10.4%#23 of 2,394
3Madison County, GA84119.8$1M+8.8%#40 of 2,394
4Pike County, GA841420.8$561K+10.5%#44 of 2,394
5Banks County, GA821014.6$729K+17.3%#70 of 2,394
6Jasper County, GA821321.8$475K+20.2%#75 of 2,394
7Long County, GA8069.7$1M+32.6%#93 of 2,394
8Pierce County, GA771215.8$664K+5.1%#136 of 2,394
9Walker County, GA774717.8$562K+3.7%#139 of 2,394
10Jones County, GA761917.6$618K+2.8%#164 of 2,394
109Sumter County, GA256962.8$147K−2.4%#2,209 of 2,394

Other business types in Sumter County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in Sumter County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 69 medical and dental practices in Sumter County. 9 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Sumter County, GA spend on medical and dental services?

About $10.2M a year, or $925 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $147K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,986 households in Sumter County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sumter County, GA compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

Sumter County has 62.8 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $147K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Sumter County would have about 67, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 439 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Sumter County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Sumter County at 28,801 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,986 households. The median household income in Sumter County is $42,653 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.3% 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. Sumter County scores 25 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #2,209 of 2,394 scored counties.

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