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Medical and dental practices in Martin County, KY

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,207 of 2,394 scored counties
#39 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.4M
On medical and dental services · $888 a household
Spending per listing
$311K
Twice the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
28.5
66% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,697
−4.9% 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 11 medical and dental practices in Martin County. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 28.5 for every 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

At $888 per household (31% below the U.S. average), households in Martin County spend about $3.4M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $311K per practice, twice the U.S. figure of $152K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Martin County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 771 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Martin County declined 4.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Martin County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #1,207 of 2,394 scored counties and #39 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Martin 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.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in Martin County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureMartin CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households28.591.784.5
Spending per listing$311K$114K$152K
Households per official establishment771310270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.9%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$888$1,042$1,288
Median household income$37,042$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score4925

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
51
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 Martin 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 Martin County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,697−4.9% since 2020
Households
3,854
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
230 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$37,042−9.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,172
Median home value
$86,900
Jobs located here
1,557
Daytime population
9,793Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Martin County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Spencer County, KY852128.7$433K+7.7%#37 of 2,394
2Allen County, KY782024.9$390K+9.5%#121 of 2,394
3Edmonson County, KY75917.7$527K+5.0%#192 of 2,394
4Todd County, KY741328.5$359K+5.6%#235 of 2,394
5Trigg County, KY721626.4$375K+3.1%#279 of 2,394
6Henry County, KY711829.3$345K+4.8%#316 of 2,394
7Jackson County, KY70815.6$549K+2.8%#331 of 2,394
8Garrard County, KY702537.3$263K+7.3%#353 of 2,394
9Lincoln County, KY683030.9$306K+4.6%#406 of 2,394
10Meade County, KY684339.1$283K+2.2%#413 of 2,394
39Martin County, KY491128.5$311K−4.9%#1,207 of 2,394

Other business types in Martin County

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

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in Martin County, KY?

Martin County has 11 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in Martin County, KY spend on medical and dental services?

About $3.4M a year, or $888 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $311K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,854 households in Martin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Martin County has 28.5 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $311K, twice the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Martin County would have about 22, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 771 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

How fast is Martin County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Martin County at 10,697 people in 2025, down 4.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,854 households. Median household income in Martin County is $37,042, 54% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median fell 9.7%, 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. Martin County scores 49 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,207 of 2,394 scored counties.

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