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Medical and dental practices in Torrance County, NM
How Torrance County, NM 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 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #109 of 2,394 scored counties
#1 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,076 a household
- Spending per listing
- $814K
- 5.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.2
- 84% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,100
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Torrance County is 79 (high), #109 of 2,394 scored counties and #1 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for medical and dental practices.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 medical and dental practices in Torrance County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 13.2 for every 10,000 households, 84% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Torrance County comes to about $6.5M a year: $1,076 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 medical and dental practices, that is $814K per practice, 5.3 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Torrance County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Torrance County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Torrance County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Torrance County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.2 | 64.9 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $814K | $181K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 374 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,076 | $1,178 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $57,842 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 Torrance 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 Torrance County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,100+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,052
- Median age
- 45.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,345 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $57,842+60.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,823
- Median home value
- $159,700
- Jobs located here
- 2,924
- Daytime population
- 14,072Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Torrance County, NM | 79 | 8 | 13.2 | $814K | +6.9% | #109 of 2,394 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 76 | 87 | 31.5 | $356K | +7.2% | #175 of 2,394 |
| 3Sandoval County, NM | 73 | 235 | 41.3 | $319K | +6.9% | #259 of 2,394 |
| 4Rio Arriba County, NM | 68 | 42 | 26.8 | $419K | −1.0% | #394 of 2,394 |
| 5Cibola County, NM | 66 | 23 | 27.0 | $382K | −0.6% | #469 of 2,394 |
| 6Roosevelt County, NM | 64 | 19 | 25.5 | $402K | −2.8% | #561 of 2,394 |
| 7Lea County, NM | 61 | 108 | 43.8 | $276K | +0.2% | #704 of 2,394 |
| 8Otero County, NM | 59 | 129 | 52.7 | $210K | +3.7% | #799 of 2,394 |
| 9Eddy County, NM | 57 | 127 | 53.8 | $235K | +0.3% | #866 of 2,394 |
| 10Sierra County, NM | 54 | 19 | 34.9 | $267K | −1.4% | #993 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Torrance 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 Torrance County, NM?
There are 8 medical and dental practices on map listings in Torrance County as of September 2026. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. No official count is published for offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Torrance County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Torrance County, NM spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.5M a year, or $1,076 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $814K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,052 households in Torrance County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Torrance County, NM compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Torrance County has 13.2 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 84% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $814K, 5.3 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Torrance County would have about 43, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Torrance County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Torrance County at 16,100 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,052 households. Median household income in Torrance County is $57,842, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 60.1%, 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. Torrance County scores 79 for medical and dental practices (high), #109 of 2,394 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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