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Medical and dental practices in Polk County, MO
How Polk 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #599 of 2,394 scored counties
#42 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 91
- 10 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,267 a household
- Spending per listing
- $168K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 75.5
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,604
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Polk County spend about $15.3M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,267 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $168K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 10% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Polk County has 91 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 75.5, 11% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Polk County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 1,096 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Polk County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Polk County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #599 of 2,394 scored counties and #42 of 85 scored counties in Missouri.
How Polk 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 | Polk County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 75.5 | 68.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $168K | $203K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,096 | 328 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,267 | $1,389 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $59,647 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 106
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 100The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,604+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,059
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 636 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $59,647+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,496
- Median home value
- $205,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,220
- Daytime population
- 28,041Residents 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 |
| 42Polk County, MO | 64 | 91 | 75.5 | $168K | +6.3% | #599 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Polk 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 clinics64
- Dentists and orthodontists86
- Primary care and pediatrics81
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors65
- Physical therapy58
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in Polk County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 91 medical and dental practices in Polk County. 10 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Polk County, MO spend on medical and dental services?
About $15.3M 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 91 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $168K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,059 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, MO compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Polk County has 75.5 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $168K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Polk County would have about 100, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,096 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Polk County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 33,604 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,059 households. The median household income in Polk County is $59,647 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. 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. Polk County scores 64 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #599 of 2,394 scored counties.
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