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Medical and dental practices in Box Butte County, NE

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for medical and dental practices in Box Butte County, NE, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,000 of 2,394 scored counties
#15 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska

Listings
24
4 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,256 a household
Spending per listing
$236K
55% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
53.3
37% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,494
−3.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 medical and dental practices in Box Butte County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 53.3 for every 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Households in Box Butte County spend about $5.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,256 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $236K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 55% above the U.S. figure of $152K.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Box Butte County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 644 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Box Butte County declined 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For medical and dental practices, Box Butte County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #1,000 of 2,394 scored counties and #15 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska.

How Box Butte County compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in Box Butte County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureBox Butte CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households53.372.784.5
Spending per listing$236K$197K$152K
Households per official establishment644295270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.2%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.0%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,256$1,432$1,288
Median household income$68,892$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score5473

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 7
Employees, 2023
45
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
244 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
37The 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 Box Butte 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 Box Butte County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,494−3.0% since 2020
Households
4,505
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
1,075 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$68,892+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,641
Median home value
$166,600
Jobs located here
3,559
Daytime population
10,119Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Nebraska

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The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Box Butte County marked.

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saunders County, NE921921.4$711K+6.0%#4 of 2,394
2Cass County, NE843532.3$485K+3.9%#48 of 2,394
3Colfax County, NE801848.6$295K+3.6%#108 of 2,394
4Sarpy County, NE7735948.5$337K+9.0%#152 of 2,394
5Seward County, NE762536.8$393K+2.3%#169 of 2,394
6Washington County, NE763440.3$390K+1.8%#170 of 2,394
7Custer County, NE731533.3$395K0.0%#251 of 2,394
8Saline County, NE702854.4$259K+1.9%#355 of 2,394
9Gage County, NE683840.7$324K+0.2%#403 of 2,394
10Otoe County, NE643250.1$284K+3.9%#578 of 2,394
15Box Butte County, NE542453.3$236K−3.0%#1,000 of 2,394

Other business types in Box Butte County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in Box Butte County, NE?

There are 24 medical and dental practices on map listings in Box Butte County as of September 2026. 4 of them (17%) 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. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Box Butte County, NE spend on medical and dental services?

About $5.7M a year, or $1,256 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $236K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,505 households in Box Butte County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Box Butte County, NE compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

Box Butte County has 53.3 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $236K, 55% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Box Butte County would have about 37, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 644 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

How fast is Box Butte County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Box Butte County at 10,494 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,505 households. Median household income in Box Butte County is $68,892, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.6%, 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. Box Butte County scores 54 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #1,000 of 2,394 scored counties.

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