Health care · Small-town market · Kansas
Medical and dental practices in the Atchison, KS area
How the Atchison, KS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #243 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 38
- 3 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,255 a household
- Spending per listing
- $189K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 66.3
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,172
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,255 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Atchison area spend about $7.2M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $189K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 24% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
The Atchison area has 38 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 8%, against 11% across the U.S. That is 66.3 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Atchison area classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 441 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Atchison area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For medical and dental practices, the Atchison area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #243 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Atchison 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.
| Measure | Atchison area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 66.3 | 82.9 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $189K | $172K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 441 | 294 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.0% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,255 | $1,422 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $61,112 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 153
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 383 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The 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 Atchison 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 Atchison area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,172−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,735
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 431 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $61,112+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,946
- Median home value
- $145,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,726
- Daytime population
- 14,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Atchison area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa, KS | 84 | 47 | 45.2 | $301K | +1.1% | #16 of 538 |
| 2Hutchinson, KS | 62 | 110 | 43.0 | $291K | −0.6% | #146 of 538 |
| 3McPherson, KS | 59 | 65 | 53.4 | $260K | −0.4% | #177 of 538 |
| 4Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 57 | 63 | 47.1 | $267K | −0.4% | #200 of 538 |
| 5Atchison, KS | 53 | 38 | 66.3 | $189K | −0.9% | #243 of 538 |
| 6Great Bend, KS | 52 | 62 | 59.7 | $210K | −2.5% | #254 of 538 |
| 7Emporia, KS | 49 | 110 | 75.2 | $164K | +0.4% | #280 of 538 |
| 8Dodge City, KS | 46 | 92 | 78.0 | $174K | −0.6% | #312 of 538 |
| 9Hays, KS | 39 | 101 | 82.4 | $157K | +0.4% | #376 of 538 |
| 10Garden City, KS | 38 | 137 | 103.6 | $133K | −2.1% | #387 of 538 |
Other business types in the Atchison area
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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics53
- Dentists and orthodontists26
- Primary care and pediatrics
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors21
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Atchison, KS area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 medical and dental practices in the Atchison area. 3 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in the Atchison, KS area spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.2M a year, or $1,255 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $189K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,735 households in the Atchison area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Atchison, KS area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Atchison area has 66.3 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $189K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Atchison area would have about 47, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 441 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is the Atchison, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Atchison area at 16,172 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,735 households. The median household income in the Atchison area is $61,112 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.2% 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. 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 Atchison area scores 53 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #243 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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