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Medical and dental practices in Bates County, MO
How Bates County, MO 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #293 of 2,394 scored counties
#31 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 29
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,267 a household
- Spending per listing
- $269K
- 76% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 47.1
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,512
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,267 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Bates County spend about $7.8M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 29 medical and dental practices, that is $269K per practice, 76% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Bates County has 29 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 47.1, 44% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Bates County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 1,026 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bates County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Bates County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #293 of 2,394 scored counties and #31 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Bates County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Bates County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 47.1 | 68.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $269K | $203K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,026 | 328 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,267 | $1,389 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $60,733 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 292 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 51The 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 Bates 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 Bates County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,512+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,158
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 837 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $60,733+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,380
- Median home value
- $170,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,729
- Daytime population
- 14,272Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, MO | 87 | 50 | 36.1 | $399K | +9.2% | #20 of 2,394 |
| 2Callaway County, MO | 84 | 47 | 28.5 | $476K | +3.2% | #49 of 2,394 |
| 3Osage County, MO | 84 | 19 | 35.9 | $386K | +2.7% | #53 of 2,394 |
| 4Stone County, MO | 83 | 25 | 18.5 | $695K | +4.1% | #57 of 2,394 |
| 5Texas County, MO | 83 | 23 | 24.2 | $469K | +6.9% | #59 of 2,394 |
| 6Webster County, MO | 83 | 40 | 28.6 | $462K | +10.4% | #60 of 2,394 |
| 7Morgan County, MO | 83 | 29 | 33.3 | $369K | +6.8% | #66 of 2,394 |
| 8McDonald County, MO | 82 | 20 | 23.4 | $516K | +3.1% | #72 of 2,394 |
| 9Lincoln County, MO | 82 | 94 | 41.2 | $356K | +11.4% | #79 of 2,394 |
| 10Ray County, MO | 81 | 25 | 27.4 | $498K | +1.1% | #82 of 2,394 |
| 31Bates County, MO | 72 | 29 | 47.1 | $269K | +2.9% | #293 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Bates 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 Bates County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 medical and dental practices in Bates County. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in Bates County, MO spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.8M a year, or $1,267 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $269K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,158 households in Bates County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bates County, MO compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Bates County has 47.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $269K, 76% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Bates County would have about 51, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,026 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Bates County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Bates County at 16,512 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,158 households. The median household income in Bates County is $60,733 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Bates County scores 72 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #293 of 2,394 scored counties.
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