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Medical and dental practices in Clay County, MS
The medical and dental practices in Clay County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,885 of 2,394 scored counties
#43 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 43
- 9 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On medical and dental services · $875 a household
- Spending per listing
- $159K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 55.1
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,238
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
For medical and dental practices, Clay County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,885 of 2,394 scored counties and #43 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Clay County comes to about $6.8M a year: $875 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That is about $159K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Clay County has 43 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 55.1, 35% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Clay County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 976 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Population estimates show Clay County declined 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Clay County 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 | Clay County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 55.1 | 68.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $159K | $145K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 976 | 349 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.4% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $875 | $992 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $43,125 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 73
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 439 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 Clay 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 Clay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,238−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,805
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 410 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $43,125+35.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,753
- Median home value
- $129,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,035
- Daytime population
- 17,349Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marshall County, MS | 72 | 31 | 23.5 | $410K | +2.6% | #275 of 2,394 |
| 2George County, MS | 70 | 36 | 38.7 | $262K | +8.1% | #354 of 2,394 |
| 3Greene County, MS | 68 | 9 | 21.9 | $436K | +1.3% | #393 of 2,394 |
| 4Walthall County, MS | 65 | 13 | 24.6 | $384K | +0.4% | #519 of 2,394 |
| 5Itawamba County, MS | 64 | 24 | 25.0 | $397K | +1.3% | #562 of 2,394 |
| 6Tate County, MS | 63 | 41 | 37.2 | $276K | +2.1% | #616 of 2,394 |
| 7Amite County, MS | 61 | 11 | 18.8 | $455K | −1.7% | #686 of 2,394 |
| 8Scott County, MS | 60 | 25 | 25.8 | $344K | +0.4% | #732 of 2,394 |
| 9Perry County, MS | 59 | 12 | 25.8 | $354K | +1.1% | #770 of 2,394 |
| 10Smith County, MS | 59 | 16 | 28.6 | $329K | −1.5% | #772 of 2,394 |
| 43Clay County, MS | 35 | 43 | 55.1 | $159K | −2.0% | #1,885 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Clay 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 Clay County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 medical and dental practices in Clay County. 9 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clay County, MS spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.8M a year, or $875 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $159K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,805 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, MS compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Clay County has 55.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $159K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Clay County would have about 45, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 976 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Clay County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 18,238 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,805 households. The median household income in Clay County is $43,125 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.5% 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. Clay County scores 35 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,885 of 2,394 scored counties.
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