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Medical and dental practices in Starke County, IN
The medical and dental practices in Starke County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #504 of 2,394 scored counties
#24 of 85 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 47
- 7 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,246 a household
- Spending per listing
- $238K
- 56% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 52.3
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,425
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Starke County spend about $11.2M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,246 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $238K per practice, 56% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Starke County has 47 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That is 52.3 per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Starke County in 2023. That is one for every 2,994 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Starke County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Starke County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #504 of 2,394 scored counties and #24 of 85 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Starke 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 | Starke County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 52.3 | 80.2 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $238K | $173K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,994 | 326 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,246 | $1,390 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $63,960 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 477 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 73The 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 Starke 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 Starke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,425+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,983
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $63,960+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,205
- Median home value
- $157,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,099
- Daytime population
- 17,225Residents 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 |
| 24Starke County, IN | 66 | 47 | 52.3 | $238K | +0.1% | #504 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Starke 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 Starke County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 medical and dental practices in Starke County. 7 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Starke County, IN spend on medical and dental services?
About $11.2M a year, or $1,246 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $238K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,983 households in Starke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Starke County, IN compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Starke County has 52.3 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $238K, 56% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Starke County would have about 73, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,994 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Starke County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Starke County at 23,425 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,983 households. The median household income in Starke County is $63,960 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. 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. Starke County scores 66 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #504 of 2,394 scored counties.
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