Health care · Small-town market · Hawaii
Medical and dental practices in the Hilo-Kailua, HI area
How the Hilo-Kailua, HI 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #209 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Hawaii
- Listings
- 537
- 37 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 228
- −5.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $96M
- On medical and dental services · $1,296 a household
- Spending per listing
- $179K
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 72.5
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 210,043
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Hilo-Kailua area spend about $96M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,296 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 537 medical and dental practices, that is $179K per practice, 17% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
The Hilo-Kailua area has 537 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 37 of them (7%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That is 72.5 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Hilo-Kailua area was 228 in 2023, down 5.4% from 2019. That is one for every 325 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts also show 207 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Hilo-Kailua area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hilo-Kailua area grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in the Hilo-Kailua area is 57 (upper middle), #209 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Hawaii.
How the Hilo-Kailua area compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Hilo-Kailua area | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 72.5 | 82.4 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $179K | $176K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 325 | 255 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.4% | −8.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,296 | $1,453 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $78,639 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 228−5.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,229
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $71M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 207Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 53737 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 630The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $3.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Hilo-Kailua 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 Hilo-Kailua area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 210,043+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 74,072
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,028 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $78,639+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,737
- Median home value
- $519,300
- Jobs located here
- 69,607
- Daytime population
- 224,838Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hilo-Kailua, HI | 57 | 537 | 72.5 | $179K | +4.6% | #209 of 538 |
| 2Kapaa, HI | 56 | 152 | 64.3 | $219K | +0.3% | #212 of 538 |
Other business types in the Hilo-Kailua 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 clinics57
- Dentists and orthodontists59
- Primary care and pediatrics49
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors68
- Physical therapy65
- Optometrists and eye care74
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Hilo-Kailua, HI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 537 medical and dental practices in the Hilo-Kailua area. 37 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 228 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 5.4% from 2019. Another 207 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Hilo-Kailua, HI area spend on medical and dental services?
About $96M a year, or $1,296 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 537 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $179K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 74,072 households in the Hilo-Kailua area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hilo-Kailua, HI area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Hilo-Kailua area has 72.5 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $179K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Hilo-Kailua area would have about 630, against 537 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 325 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Hilo-Kailua, HI area growing?
Population estimates put the Hilo-Kailua area at 210,043 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,072 households. The median household income in the Hilo-Kailua area is $78,639 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. 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 Hilo-Kailua area scores 57 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #209 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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