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Medical and dental practices in Douglas County, IL
The medical and dental practices in Douglas County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #435 of 2,394 scored counties
#18 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 28
- 5 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,383 a household
- Spending per listing
- $384K
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.1
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,880
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Douglas County spend about $10.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,383 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 28 medical and dental practices, that is $384K per practice, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
Douglas County has 28 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 18%, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 36.1, 57% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Douglas County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 388 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Douglas County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Douglas County is 67 (upper middle), #435 of 2,394 scored counties and #18 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Douglas County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Douglas County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.1 | 102.3 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $384K | $148K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 388 | 269 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,383 | $1,517 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $77,320 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 285 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 70The 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 Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,880+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,765
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 417 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $77,320+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,377
- Median home value
- $150,400
- Jobs located here
- 8,030
- Daytime population
- 18,817Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Piatt County, IL | 84 | 24 | 34.7 | $441K | +0.6% | #51 of 2,394 |
| 2Cumberland County, IL | 76 | 8 | 19.2 | $700K | −2.1% | #162 of 2,394 |
| 3Kendall County, IL | 76 | 285 | 62.8 | $270K | +9.9% | #184 of 2,394 |
| 4Crawford County, IL | 75 | 32 | 42.7 | $317K | +0.1% | #213 of 2,394 |
| 5Woodford County, IL | 75 | 75 | 51.1 | $304K | −0.8% | #215 of 2,394 |
| 6Johnson County, IL | 74 | 6 | 14.6 | $876K | +0.4% | #220 of 2,394 |
| 7Mercer County, IL | 74 | 21 | 32.0 | $436K | −2.6% | #227 of 2,394 |
| 8Washington County, IL | 74 | 21 | 36.2 | $383K | −1.2% | #229 of 2,394 |
| 9Carroll County, IL | 73 | 20 | 30.4 | $419K | −1.7% | #250 of 2,394 |
| 10Hancock County, IL | 72 | 16 | 21.0 | $618K | −4.4% | #270 of 2,394 |
| 18Douglas County, IL | 67 | 28 | 36.1 | $384K | +0.5% | #435 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Douglas 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics67
- Dentists and orthodontists75
- Primary care and pediatrics
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors40
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in Douglas County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 medical and dental practices in Douglas County. 5 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in Douglas County, IL spend on medical and dental services?
About $10.7M a year, or $1,383 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $384K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,765 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, IL compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Douglas County has 36.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $384K, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Douglas County would have about 70, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 388 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Douglas County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 19,880 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,765 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $77,320 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.3% 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. Douglas County scores 67 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #435 of 2,394 scored counties.
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