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Medical and dental practices in Wadena County, MN
How Wadena County, MN 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #984 of 2,394 scored counties
#54 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 48
- 3 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,259 a household
- Spending per listing
- $160K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 78.9
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,388
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 medical and dental practices in Wadena County. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 78.9 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Wadena County comes to about $7.7M a year: $1,259 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $160K per practice, 5% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Wadena County in 2023. That is one for every 869 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wadena County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Wadena County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #984 of 2,394 scored counties and #54 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Wadena County 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 | Wadena County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 78.9 | 66.1 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $160K | $235K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 869 | 386 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.0% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,259 | $1,550 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $61,467 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 88 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 122
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 483 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The 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 Wadena 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 Wadena County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,388+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,081
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 536 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $61,467+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,288
- Median home value
- $173,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,599
- Daytime population
- 13,890Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dodge County, MN | 87 | 25 | 30.9 | $498K | +2.3% | #18 of 2,394 |
| 2Sherburne County, MN | 86 | 129 | 36.3 | $451K | +6.8% | #27 of 2,394 |
| 3Pine County, MN | 86 | 41 | 33.3 | $404K | +5.5% | #28 of 2,394 |
| 4Kanabec County, MN | 85 | 16 | 24.4 | $556K | +3.6% | #32 of 2,394 |
| 5Cass County, MN | 85 | 40 | 31.1 | $436K | +4.2% | #36 of 2,394 |
| 6Sibley County, MN | 84 | 23 | 38.8 | $371K | +3.6% | #55 of 2,394 |
| 7Isanti County, MN | 83 | 68 | 41.7 | $351K | +7.3% | #67 of 2,394 |
| 8Clay County, MN | 82 | 90 | 34.0 | $421K | +3.6% | #76 of 2,394 |
| 9Aitkin County, MN | 82 | 23 | 31.8 | $393K | +3.5% | #78 of 2,394 |
| 10Mower County, MN | 81 | 48 | 30.5 | $450K | +2.3% | #83 of 2,394 |
| 54Wadena County, MN | 55 | 48 | 78.9 | $160K | +1.9% | #984 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Wadena 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics55
- Dentists and orthodontists57
- Primary care and pediatrics
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors36
- 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 Wadena County, MN?
There are 48 medical and dental practices on map listings in Wadena County as of September 2026. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in Wadena County, MN spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.7M a year, or $1,259 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $160K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,081 households in Wadena County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wadena County, MN compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Wadena County has 78.9 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $160K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Wadena County would have about 50, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 869 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Wadena County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Wadena County at 14,388 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,081 households. Median household income in Wadena County is $61,467, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Wadena County scores 55 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #984 of 2,394 scored counties.
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