Health care · Small-town market · Nebraska
Medical and dental practices in the Hastings, NE area
How the Hastings, NE area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #333 of 538 scored small-town markets
#6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 129
- 13 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 65
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,345 a household
- Spending per listing
- $178K
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 75.6
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,577
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,345 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in the Hastings area spend about $22.9M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $178K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 17% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
The Hastings area has 129 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 10%, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 75.6 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 65 businesses with payroll in the Hastings area classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 262 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Hastings area declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For medical and dental practices, the Hastings area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #333 of 538 scored small-town markets and #6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska.
How the Hastings area 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.
| Measure | Hastings area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 75.6 | 72.7 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $178K | $197K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 262 | 295 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,345 | $1,432 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $69,510 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65
- Employees, 2023
- 634
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $46M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12913 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 151The 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 Hastings 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 Hastings area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,577−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 17,059
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $69,510
- Average household income
- $91,112
- Median home value
- $175,200
- Jobs located here
- 18,629
- Daytime population
- 39,802Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Beatrice, NE | 80 | 38 | 40.7 | $324K | +0.2% | #26 of 538 |
| 2Lexington, NE | 72 | 37 | 37.1 | $366K | +1.1% | #66 of 538 |
| 3Columbus, NE | 72 | 82 | 47.2 | $291K | +3.8% | #67 of 538 |
| 4Fremont, NE | 56 | 112 | 73.8 | $185K | +2.6% | #217 of 538 |
| 5Kearney, NE | 45 | 199 | 87.3 | $161K | +1.9% | #329 of 538 |
| 6Hastings, NE | 44 | 129 | 75.6 | $178K | −0.2% | #333 of 538 |
| 7Scottsbluff, NE | 41 | 112 | 72.8 | $177K | −1.2% | #358 of 538 |
| 8North Platte, NE | 39 | 109 | 71.8 | $182K | −3.6% | #372 of 538 |
| 9Norfolk, NE | 32 | 221 | 112.7 | $118K | +1.1% | #436 of 538 |
Other business types in the Hastings 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics44
- Dentists and orthodontists54
- Primary care and pediatrics63
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors38
- Physical therapy37
- Optometrists and eye care41
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Hastings, NE area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 129 medical and dental practices in the Hastings area. 13 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Hastings, NE area spend on medical and dental services?
About $22.9M a year, or $1,345 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 129 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $178K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,059 households in the Hastings area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hastings, NE area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Hastings area has 75.6 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $178K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Hastings area would have about 151, against 129 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 262 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hastings, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the Hastings area at 40,577 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,059 households. The median household income in the Hastings area is $69,510 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Hastings area scores 44 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #333 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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