Health care · Small-town market · North Carolina
Medical and dental practices in the Marion, NC area
How the Marion, NC 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #270 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 99
- 9 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- +10.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $18.1M
- On medical and dental services · $974 a household
- Spending per listing
- $183K
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 53.1
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,198
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 99 medical and dental practices in the Marion area. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 53.1, 37% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Marion area comes to about $18.1M a year: $974 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $183K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
In 2023, official counts showed 41 businesses with payroll in the Marion area classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers, up 10.8% from 2019. That is one for every 455 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Marion area grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in the Marion area is 50 (upper middle), #270 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina.
How the Marion area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Marion area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 53.1 | 83.3 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $183K | $134K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 455 | 345 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.8% | +3.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $974 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $57,168 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 41+10.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 281
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 999 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 119The 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 Marion 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 Marion area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,198+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,638
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 440 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $57,168+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,753
- Median home value
- $171,100
- Jobs located here
- 15,917
- Daytime population
- 39,859Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson Creek, NC | 80 | 203 | 40.7 | $263K | +12.3% | #28 of 538 |
| 2New Bern, NC | 56 | 270 | 51.5 | $198K | +3.6% | #214 of 538 |
| 3Wilson, NC | 54 | 174 | 52.6 | $185K | +1.7% | #236 of 538 |
| 4Albemarle, NC | 52 | 183 | 72.5 | $140K | +9.8% | #258 of 538 |
| 5Marion, NC | 50 | 99 | 53.1 | $183K | +1.5% | #270 of 538 |
| 6Forest City, NC | 50 | 158 | 59.3 | $160K | +2.1% | #274 of 538 |
| 7Waynesville, NC | 48 | 167 | 61.6 | $166K | +1.9% | #290 of 538 |
| 8Brevard, NC | 47 | 90 | 61.7 | $171K | +2.9% | #297 of 538 |
| 9Sanford, NC | 47 | 174 | 69.2 | $148K | +10.8% | #304 of 538 |
| 10Morehead City, NC | 45 | 203 | 63.5 | $174K | +4.1% | #325 of 538 |
Other business types in the Marion 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 clinics50
- Dentists and orthodontists71
- Primary care and pediatrics35
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy59
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Marion, NC area?
There are 99 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Marion area as of September 2026. 9 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 10.8% from 2019. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Marion, NC area spend on medical and dental services?
About $18.1M a year, or $974 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 99 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $183K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,638 households in the Marion area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Marion, NC area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Marion area has 53.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $183K, 20% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Marion area would have about 119, against 99 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 455 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Marion, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Marion area at 45,198 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,638 households. Median household income in the Marion area is $57,168, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. 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 Marion area scores 50 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #270 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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