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Medical and dental practices in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area

The medical and dental practices in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #200 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas

Listings
63
6 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
41
−8.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$16.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,256 a household
Spending per listing
$267K
75% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
47.1
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,382
−0.4% 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

At $1,256 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Arkansas City-Winfield area spend about $16.8M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $267K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 75% above the U.S. figure of $152K.

The Arkansas City-Winfield area has 63 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That is 47.1 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Arkansas City-Winfield area in 2023, down 8.9% from 2019. That is one for every 327 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show the Arkansas City-Winfield area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Arkansas City-Winfield area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #200 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.

How the Arkansas City-Winfield area compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureArkansas City-Winfield areaKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households47.182.984.5
Spending per listing$267K$172K$152K
Households per official establishment327294270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−8.9%+6.0%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,256$1,422$1,288
Median household income$57,878$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score5758

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
41−8.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
254
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
636 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
110The 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 the Arkansas City-Winfield area, 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 the Arkansas City-Winfield area

Population, 2025 estimate
34,382−0.4% since 2020
Households
13,387
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,126 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$57,878
Average household income
$81,245
Median home value
$120,900
Jobs located here
13,490
Daytime population
33,626Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Kansas

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Arkansas City-Winfield area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kansas

Small-town markets in Kansas ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ottawa, KS844745.2$301K+1.1%#16 of 538
2Hutchinson, KS6211043.0$291K−0.6%#146 of 538
3McPherson, KS596553.4$260K−0.4%#177 of 538
4Arkansas City-Winfield, KS576347.1$267K−0.4%#200 of 538
5Atchison, KS533866.3$189K−0.9%#243 of 538
6Great Bend, KS526259.7$210K−2.5%#254 of 538
7Emporia, KS4911075.2$164K+0.4%#280 of 538
8Dodge City, KS469278.0$174K−0.6%#312 of 538
9Hays, KS3910182.4$157K+0.4%#376 of 538
10Garden City, KS38137103.6$133K−2.1%#387 of 538

Other business types in the Arkansas City-Winfield area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 medical and dental practices in the Arkansas City-Winfield area. 6 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 8.9% from 2019. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area spend on medical and dental services?

About $16.8M a year, or $1,256 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $267K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,387 households in the Arkansas City-Winfield area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

The Arkansas City-Winfield area has 47.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $267K, 75% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Arkansas City-Winfield area would have about 110, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 327 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area growing?

Population estimates put the Arkansas City-Winfield area at 34,382 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,387 households. The median household income in the Arkansas City-Winfield area is $57,878 a year, 28% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Arkansas City-Winfield area scores 57 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #200 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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