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Medical and dental practices in the Evansville, IN metro area
How the Evansville, IN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #291 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 1,135
- 123 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 470
- +8.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $155.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,365 a household
- Spending per listing
- $137K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 99.6
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 273,786
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Evansville metro area comes to about $155.5M a year: $1,365 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 1,135 medical and dental practices, that is $137K per practice, 10% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
There are 1,135 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Evansville metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 99.6 for every 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Official counts show 470 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Evansville metro area in 2023, up 8.4% from 2019. That is one for every 242 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 267 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $200K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Evansville metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Evansville metro area grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For medical and dental practices, the Evansville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #291 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Evansville metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Evansville metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 99.6 | 80.2 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $137K | $173K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 242 | 326 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.4% | −3.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,365 | $1,390 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $68,232 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 470+8.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,425
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $574.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 267Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,135123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,020The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $200K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Evansville metro 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 Evansville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 273,786+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 113,966
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,027 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 263
- Median household income
- $68,232
- Average household income
- $93,981
- Median home value
- $204,000
- Jobs located here
- 134,954
- Daytime population
- 275,710Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Evansville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 79 | 6,063 | 66.9 | $213K | +2.7% | #18 of 387 |
| 1Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 72 | 514 | 56.7 | $232K | +2.1% | #43 of 387 |
| 2Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 71 | 505 | 69.8 | $194K | +0.9% | #50 of 387 |
| 3South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 70 | 907 | 70.6 | $193K | +0.1% | #56 of 387 |
| 4Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 69 | 7,420 | 88.0 | $169K | +5.4% | #61 of 387 |
| 5Bloomington, IN | 67 | 485 | 71.5 | $187K | +2.0% | #66 of 387 |
| 6Columbus, IN | 65 | 256 | 76.7 | $189K | +4.3% | #78 of 387 |
| 7Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 61 | 308 | 70.6 | $193K | −0.9% | #106 of 387 |
| 8Terre Haute, IN | 58 | 453 | 67.2 | $186K | +0.3% | #124 of 387 |
| 9Muncie, IN | 58 | 320 | 69.2 | $177K | +1.2% | #126 of 387 |
| 11Evansville, IN | 38 | 1,135 | 99.6 | $137K | +1.6% | #291 of 387 |
Other business types in the Evansville metro 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 clinics38
- Dentists and orthodontists70
- Primary care and pediatrics33
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics52
- Chiropractors65
- Physical therapy61
- Optometrists and eye care32
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Evansville, IN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1,135 medical and dental practices in the Evansville metro area. 123 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 470 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 8.4% from 2019. Official counts list 267 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Evansville, IN metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $155.5M a year, or $1,365 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,135 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $137K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 113,966 households in the Evansville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Evansville, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Evansville metro area has 99.6 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $137K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Evansville metro area would have about 1,020, against 1,135 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 242 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Evansville, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Evansville metro area at 273,786 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 113,966 households. The median household income in the Evansville metro area is $68,232 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Evansville metro area scores 38 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #291 of 387 scored metro areas.
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