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Medical and dental practices in Mason County, IL
How Mason County, IL 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #729 of 2,394 scored counties
#34 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 19
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,274 a household
- Spending per listing
- $388K
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.9
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,411
- −4.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 medical and dental practices in Mason County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 11%, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 32.9, 61% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Mason County comes to about $7.4M a year: $1,274 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 19 medical and dental practices, that is $388K per practice, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Mason County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Mason County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For medical and dental practices, Mason County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #729 of 2,394 scored counties and #34 of 87 scored counties in Illinois.
How Mason 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 | Mason County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.9 | 102.3 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $388K | $148K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 269 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,274 | $1,517 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $62,845 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 192 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The 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 Mason 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 Mason County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,411−4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,781
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 539 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $62,845+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,083
- Median home value
- $103,400
- Jobs located here
- 2,660
- Daytime population
- 11,149Residents 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 |
| 34Mason County, IL | 60 | 19 | 32.9 | $388K | −4.9% | #729 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Mason 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in Mason County, IL?
Mason County has 19 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. No official count is published for offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Mason County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Mason County, IL spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.4M a year, or $1,274 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $388K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,781 households in Mason County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mason County, IL compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Mason County has 32.9 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $388K, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Mason County would have about 48, against 19 on map listings.
How fast is Mason County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Mason County at 12,411 people in 2025, down 4.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,781 households. Median household income in Mason County is $62,845, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Mason County scores 60 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #729 of 2,394 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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