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Medical and dental practices in Fayette County, IN
How Fayette County, IN 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,444 of 2,394 scored counties
#72 of 85 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 84
- 13 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,230 a household
- Spending per listing
- $138K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 89.2
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,533
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 84 medical and dental practices in Fayette County. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 89.2, 6% above the U.S. rate of 84.5.
At $1,230 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Fayette County spend about $11.6M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 84 medical and dental practices, that is $138K per practice, 9% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Fayette County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 673 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Fayette County.
Population estimates put the population change in Fayette County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Fayette County is 45 (lower middle), #1,444 of 2,394 scored counties and #72 of 85 scored counties in Indiana.
How Fayette County 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 | Fayette County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 89.2 | 80.2 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $138K | $173K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 673 | 326 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,230 | $1,390 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $59,321 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 130
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8413 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,533+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 9,422
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 215 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $59,321+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,303
- Median home value
- $130,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,957
- Daytime population
- 18,647Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brown County, IN | 87 | 15 | 22.1 | $638K | +1.9% | #15 of 2,394 |
| 2Parke County, IN | 84 | 17 | 27.7 | $472K | +3.0% | #50 of 2,394 |
| 3Owen County, IN | 81 | 26 | 30.2 | $422K | +2.6% | #86 of 2,394 |
| 4Fountain County, IN | 79 | 26 | 37.5 | $335K | +3.2% | #115 of 2,394 |
| 5Franklin County, IN | 77 | 30 | 32.6 | $438K | +2.2% | #143 of 2,394 |
| 6Carroll County, IN | 77 | 25 | 30.9 | $429K | +1.6% | #144 of 2,394 |
| 7Putnam County, IN | 76 | 63 | 44.5 | $309K | +3.2% | #179 of 2,394 |
| 8Vermillion County, IN | 75 | 14 | 21.2 | $588K | +0.6% | #191 of 2,394 |
| 9Sullivan County, IN | 75 | 23 | 29.4 | $425K | +0.1% | #199 of 2,394 |
| 10Hancock County, IN | 75 | 195 | 58.3 | $271K | +13.5% | #219 of 2,394 |
| 72Fayette County, IN | 45 | 84 | 89.2 | $138K | +0.7% | #1,444 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Fayette 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 clinics45
- Dentists and orthodontists68
- Primary care and pediatrics69
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care29
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in Fayette County, IN?
There are 84 medical and dental practices on map listings in Fayette County as of September 2026. 13 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Fayette County, IN spend on medical and dental services?
About $11.6M a year, or $1,230 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $138K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,422 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, IN compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Fayette County has 89.2 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $138K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Fayette County would have about 76, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 673 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Fayette County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 23,533 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,422 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $59,321, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Fayette County scores 45 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,444 of 2,394 scored counties.
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