Health care · Small-town market · Minnesota
Medical and dental practices in the Detroit Lakes, MN area
How the Detroit Lakes, MN 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 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #47 of 538 scored small-town markets
#7 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 87
- 4 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- +3.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $20M
- On medical and dental services · $1,388 a household
- Spending per listing
- $230K
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 60.4
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,497
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
For medical and dental practices, the Detroit Lakes area has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #47 of 538 scored small-town markets and #7 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for medical and dental practices.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 87 medical and dental practices in the Detroit Lakes area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 5%, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 60.4, 29% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Households in the Detroit Lakes area spend about $20M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,388 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That works out to $230K per practice, 51% above 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 the Detroit Lakes area was 27 in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019. That is one for every 534 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Detroit Lakes area grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Detroit Lakes area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Detroit Lakes area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 60.4 | 66.1 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $230K | $235K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 534 | 386 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.9% | +4.0% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,388 | $1,550 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $71,388 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 88 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27+3.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 393
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $40.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 874 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 131The 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 Detroit Lakes 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 Detroit Lakes area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,497+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 14,410
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,315 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $71,388
- Average household income
- $100,022
- Median home value
- $291,000
- Jobs located here
- 13,787
- Daytime population
- 33,123Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Detroit Lakes area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin, MN | 91 | 48 | 30.5 | $450K | +2.3% | #2 of 538 |
| 2Winona, MN | 86 | 89 | 43.9 | $312K | +1.8% | #7 of 538 |
| 3Faribault-Northfield, MN | 86 | 120 | 51.1 | $288K | +4.2% | #9 of 538 |
| 4Albert Lea, MN | 81 | 44 | 34.3 | $394K | −1.5% | #21 of 538 |
| 5Red Wing, MN | 80 | 86 | 43.6 | $332K | +1.3% | #25 of 538 |
| 6Fergus Falls, MN | 77 | 114 | 45.3 | $304K | +1.6% | #36 of 538 |
| 7Detroit Lakes, MN | 76 | 87 | 60.4 | $230K | +0.9% | #47 of 538 |
| 8Willmar, MN | 75 | 101 | 57.4 | $246K | +2.3% | #49 of 538 |
| 9Worthington, MN | 75 | 42 | 54.7 | $245K | +0.6% | #50 of 538 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 74 | 46 | 48.4 | $287K | 0.0% | #56 of 538 |
Other business types in the Detroit Lakes 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 clinics76
- Dentists and orthodontists67
- Primary care and pediatrics
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors48
- Physical therapy47
- 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 Detroit Lakes, MN area?
There are 87 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Detroit Lakes area as of September 2026. 4 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Detroit Lakes, MN area spend on medical and dental services?
About $20M a year, or $1,388 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 87 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $230K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,410 households in the Detroit Lakes area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Detroit Lakes, MN area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Detroit Lakes area has 60.4 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $230K, 51% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Detroit Lakes area would have about 131, against 87 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 534 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Detroit Lakes, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Detroit Lakes area at 35,497 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,410 households. Median household income in the Detroit Lakes area is $71,388, 12% 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 Detroit Lakes area scores 76 for medical and dental practices (high), #47 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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