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Medical and dental practices in Mercer County, KY
How Mercer 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #583 of 2,394 scored counties
#18 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 36
- 2 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,031 a household
- Spending per listing
- $263K
- 72% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.2
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,733
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Mercer County spend about $9.5M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,031 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $263K per practice, 72% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Mercer County has 36 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That is 39.2 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Mercer County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 706 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Mercer County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For medical and dental practices, Mercer County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #583 of 2,394 scored counties and #18 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Mercer 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 | Mercer County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 39.2 | 91.7 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $263K | $114K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 706 | 310 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,031 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $64,824 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 82
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 362 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,733+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 9,181
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 249 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $64,824+17.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,091
- Median home value
- $202,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,702
- Daytime population
- 19,848Residents 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 |
| 18Mercer County, KY | 64 | 36 | 39.2 | $263K | +4.8% | #583 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Mercer 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 Mercer County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 medical and dental practices in Mercer County. 2 of them (6%) 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. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Mercer County, KY spend on medical and dental services?
About $9.5M a year, or $1,031 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $263K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,181 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mercer County, KY compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Mercer County has 39.2 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $263K, 72% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Mercer County would have about 62, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 706 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Mercer County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Mercer County at 23,733 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,181 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $64,824 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.7% 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. Mercer County scores 64 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #583 of 2,394 scored counties.
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