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Medical and dental practices in Ida County, IA

The medical and dental practices in Ida County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
12
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,291 a household
Spending per listing
$328K
2.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
39.3
53% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,777
−3.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 12 medical and dental practices in Ida County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 39.3 for every 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Ida County comes to about $3.9M a year: $1,291 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $328K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $152K.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Ida County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 1,017 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Ida County declined 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Ida 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 Ida County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureIda CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households39.383.784.5
Spending per listing$328K$169K$152K
Households per official establishment1,017342270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.7%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.4%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,291$1,412$1,288
Median household income$63,073$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored65

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$705K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
121 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The 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 Ida 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 Ida County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,777−3.4% since 2020
Households
3,050
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
432 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$63,073
Average household income
$85,328
Median home value
$108,900
Jobs located here
3,615
Daytime population
6,849Residents 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 Ida 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
Ida County, IANot scored1239.3$328K−3.4%

Other business types in Ida 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 Ida County, IA?

Ida County has 12 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. 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 Ida County, IA spend on medical and dental services?

About $3.9M a year, or $1,291 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $328K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,050 households in Ida County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ida County has 39.3 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $328K, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Ida County would have about 26, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,017 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

How fast is Ida County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Ida County at 6,777 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,050 households. Median household income in Ida County is $63,073, 22% 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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