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Medical and dental practices in Pamlico County, NC
How Pamlico County, NC 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #523 of 2,394 scored counties
#19 of 96 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.4M
- On medical and dental services · $992 a household
- Spending per listing
- $361K
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.5
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,758
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Pamlico County comes to about $5.4M a year: $992 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $361K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
Pamlico County has 15 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 27.5, 67% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Pamlico County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pamlico County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Pamlico County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #523 of 2,394 scored counties and #19 of 96 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Pamlico County 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 | Pamlico County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.5 | 83.3 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $361K | $134K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 345 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $992 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $59,717 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 48 |
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
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 Pamlico 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 Pamlico County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,758+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,456
- Median age
- 52.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 337 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $59,717+27.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,618
- Median home value
- $216,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,289
- Daytime population
- 11,007Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Currituck County, NC | 86 | 37 | 31.2 | $398K | +16.7% | #29 of 2,394 |
| 2Camden County, NC | 84 | 6 | 15.0 | $789K | +8.8% | #41 of 2,394 |
| 3Franklin County, NC | 82 | 62 | 21.7 | $498K | +18.8% | #73 of 2,394 |
| 4Perquimans County, NC | 77 | 9 | 16.0 | $644K | +3.6% | #137 of 2,394 |
| 5Chatham County, NC | 77 | 138 | 41.8 | $309K | +11.0% | #158 of 2,394 |
| 6Clay County, NC | 75 | 14 | 27.6 | $366K | +9.9% | #206 of 2,394 |
| 7Hoke County, NC | 75 | 61 | 31.7 | $328K | +9.0% | #209 of 2,394 |
| 8Warren County, NC | 71 | 6 | 7.4 | $1.3M | +1.6% | #298 of 2,394 |
| 9Harnett County, NC | 70 | 203 | 40.7 | $263K | +12.3% | #352 of 2,394 |
| 10Yadkin County, NC | 69 | 46 | 30.6 | $334K | +2.9% | #371 of 2,394 |
| 19Pamlico County, NC | 65 | 15 | 27.5 | $361K | +3.7% | #523 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Pamlico 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 Pamlico County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 medical and dental practices in Pamlico County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. 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 Pamlico County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pamlico County, NC spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.4M a year, or $992 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $361K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,456 households in Pamlico County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pamlico County, NC compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Pamlico County has 27.5 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $361K, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Pamlico County would have about 36, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is Pamlico County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Pamlico County at 12,758 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,456 households. The median household income in Pamlico County is $59,717 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.8% 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. Pamlico County scores 65 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #523 of 2,394 scored counties.
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