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Medical and dental practices in Sac County, IA

How Sac County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
25
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,316 a household
Spending per listing
$227K
49% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
58.1
31% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,525
−2.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 medical and dental practices in Sac County. None of them are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 58.1 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Households in Sac County spend about $5.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,316 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $227K per practice, 49% above the U.S. figure of $152K.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Sac County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 538 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sac County declined 2.7%, 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 Sac 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 Sac County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureSac CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households58.183.784.5
Spending per listing$227K$169K$152K
Households per official establishment538342270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.7%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.7%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,316$1,412$1,288
Median household income$73,838$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored65

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 8
Employees, 2023
34
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
250 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
37The 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 Sac 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 Sac County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,525−2.7% since 2020
Households
4,302
Median age
46.0
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
575 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$73,838
Average household income
$88,368
Median home value
$141,400
Jobs located here
2,976
Daytime population
7,628Residents 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 Sac 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
Sac County, IANot scored2558.1$227K−2.7%

Other business types in Sac 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 Sac County, IA?

There are 25 medical and dental practices on map listings in Sac County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023.

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

About $5.7M a year, or $1,316 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $227K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,302 households in Sac County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sac County has 58.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $227K, 49% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Sac County would have about 37, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 538 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

How fast is Sac County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Sac County at 9,525 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,302 households. Median household income in Sac County is $73,838, 9% 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Sac County. It maps the medical and dental practices on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for medical and dental practices · All 56 business types in Sac County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Sac County?

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