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Medical and dental practices in Adair County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for medical and dental practices in Adair County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

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Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
11
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$4.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,346 a household
Spending per listing
$396K
2.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
34.0
60% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,403
−1.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on medical and dental services in Adair County comes to about $4.4M a year: $1,346 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 11 medical and dental practices, that is $396K per practice, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $152K.

There are 11 medical and dental practices on map listings in Adair County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That is 34.0 per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Adair County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,079 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Adair County declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Adair County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in Adair County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureAdair CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households34.083.784.5
Spending per listing$396K$169K$152K
Households per official establishment1,079342270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.7%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,346$1,412$1,288
Median household income$68,092$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored65

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$542K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
29The 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 Adair 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 Adair County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,403−1.3% since 2020
Households
3,236
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
569 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$68,092
Average household income
$93,814
Median home value
$160,400
Jobs located here
2,900
Daytime population
6,793Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Adair County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Mills County, IA872037.1$407K+2.6%#19 of 2,394
2Madison County, IA842029.9$501K+3.8%#47 of 2,394
3Lyon County, IA801738.0$371K+3.6%#105 of 2,394
4Mitchell County, IA781839.2$350K+0.6%#125 of 2,394
5Guthrie County, IA782350.0$287K+1.6%#129 of 2,394
6Buchanan County, IA773542.4$324K+1.3%#155 of 2,394
7Warren County, IA7711254.2$286K+9.0%#161 of 2,394
8Allamakee County, IA762135.3$377K+1.2%#172 of 2,394
9Clayton County, IA712533.3$395K−1.1%#306 of 2,394
10Jasper County, IA716342.0$325K+0.9%#317 of 2,394
Adair County, IANot scored1134.0$396K−1.3%

Other business types in Adair County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in Adair County, IA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 medical and dental practices in Adair County. None of them 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.

How much do households in Adair County, IA spend on medical and dental services?

About $4.4M a year, or $1,346 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $396K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,236 households in Adair County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Adair County, IA compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

Adair County has 34.0 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $396K, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Adair County would have about 29, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,079 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

How fast is Adair County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Adair County at 7,403 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,236 households. The median household income in Adair County is $68,092 a year, 16% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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