Health care · Small-town market · Mississippi
Medical and dental practices in the Clarksdale, MS area
The medical and dental practices in the Clarksdale, MS area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #519 of 538 scored small-town markets
#14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 49
- 2 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- −19.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $7M
- On medical and dental services · $829 a household
- Spending per listing
- $142K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 58.3
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,849
- −6.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in the Clarksdale area is 17 (low), #519 of 538 scored small-town markets and #14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $829 per household (36% below the U.S. average), households in the Clarksdale area spend about $7M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 49 medical and dental practices, that is $142K per practice, 7% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
The Clarksdale area has 49 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That is 58.3 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Clarksdale area in 2023, down 19.3% from 2019. That is one for every 336 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Clarksdale area from 2020 to 2025 at −6.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Clarksdale area compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Clarksdale area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 58.3 | 68.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $142K | $145K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 336 | 349 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −19.3% | +1.4% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $829 | $992 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $37,461 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25−19.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 74
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 492 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The 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 Clarksdale 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 Clarksdale area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,849−6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,404
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 553 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $37,461+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $53,980
- Median home value
- $90,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,633
- Daytime population
- 19,131Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Clarksdale area marked.
Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Picayune, MS | 60 | 120 | 54.8 | $181K | +5.6% | #174 of 538 |
| 2Starkville, MS | 47 | 139 | 53.6 | $179K | +0.8% | #295 of 538 |
| 3Brookhaven, MS | 45 | 73 | 55.5 | $175K | +0.5% | #324 of 538 |
| 4Greenwood, MS | 43 | 67 | 46.3 | $192K | −8.8% | #336 of 538 |
| 5Laurel, MS | 41 | 178 | 56.3 | $169K | −1.5% | #360 of 538 |
| 6McComb, MS | 29 | 108 | 53.2 | $167K | −2.6% | #459 of 538 |
| 7Oxford, MS | 28 | 230 | 95.7 | $111K | +5.3% | #469 of 538 |
| 8Grenada, MS | 25 | 73 | 57.9 | $162K | −3.6% | #479 of 538 |
| 9Natchez, MS-LA | 25 | 132 | 63.7 | $141K | −0.9% | #480 of 538 |
| 10Tupelo, MS | 24 | 409 | 78.9 | $129K | +0.8% | #490 of 538 |
| 14Clarksdale, MS | 17 | 49 | 58.3 | $142K | −6.5% | #519 of 538 |
Other business types in the Clarksdale 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Clarksdale, MS area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 medical and dental practices in the Clarksdale area. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 19.3% from 2019. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Clarksdale, MS area spend on medical and dental services?
About $7M a year, or $829 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $142K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,404 households in the Clarksdale area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Clarksdale, MS area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Clarksdale area has 58.3 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $142K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Clarksdale area would have about 46, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 336 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 19.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Clarksdale, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Clarksdale area at 19,849 people in 2025, down 6.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,404 households. The median household income in the Clarksdale area is $37,461 a year, 54% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. 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 Clarksdale area scores 17 for medical and dental practices (low), #519 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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