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Medical and dental practices in Bath County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for medical and dental practices in Bath County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #520 of 2,394 scored counties
#12 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.6M
- On medical and dental services · $971 a household
- Spending per listing
- $380K
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.5
- 70% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,176
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $971 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Bath County spend about $4.6M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $380K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
There are 12 medical and dental practices on map listings in Bath County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That is 25.5 per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Bath County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Bath County grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For medical and dental practices, Bath County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #520 of 2,394 scored counties and #12 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Bath County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Bath County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.5 | 91.7 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $380K | $114K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 310 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $971 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $56,541 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Bath 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 Bath County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,176+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,698
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 278 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $56,541+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,425
- Median home value
- $129,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,061
- Daytime population
- 10,042Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spencer County, KY | 85 | 21 | 28.7 | $433K | +7.7% | #37 of 2,394 |
| 2Allen County, KY | 78 | 20 | 24.9 | $390K | +9.5% | #121 of 2,394 |
| 3Edmonson County, KY | 75 | 9 | 17.7 | $527K | +5.0% | #192 of 2,394 |
| 4Todd County, KY | 74 | 13 | 28.5 | $359K | +5.6% | #235 of 2,394 |
| 5Trigg County, KY | 72 | 16 | 26.4 | $375K | +3.1% | #279 of 2,394 |
| 6Henry County, KY | 71 | 18 | 29.3 | $345K | +4.8% | #316 of 2,394 |
| 7Jackson County, KY | 70 | 8 | 15.6 | $549K | +2.8% | #331 of 2,394 |
| 8Garrard County, KY | 70 | 25 | 37.3 | $263K | +7.3% | #353 of 2,394 |
| 9Lincoln County, KY | 68 | 30 | 30.9 | $306K | +4.6% | #406 of 2,394 |
| 10Meade County, KY | 68 | 43 | 39.1 | $283K | +2.2% | #413 of 2,394 |
| 12Bath County, KY | 65 | 12 | 25.5 | $380K | +3.6% | #520 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Bath County
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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in Bath County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 medical and dental practices in Bath County. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. No official count is published for offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Bath County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bath County, KY spend on medical and dental services?
About $4.6M a year, or $971 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $380K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,698 households in Bath County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bath County, KY compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Bath County has 25.5 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $380K, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Bath County would have about 30, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Bath County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Bath County at 13,176 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,698 households. The median household income in Bath County is $56,541 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% 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. 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. Bath County scores 65 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #520 of 2,394 scored counties.
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