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Health care · Small-town market · North Dakota

Medical and dental practices in the Dickinson, ND area

How the Dickinson, ND 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #190 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in North Dakota

Listings
110
13 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
51
+53.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$22.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,445 a household
Spending per listing
$204K
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
70.9
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,142
+0.7% 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

At $1,445 per household (12% above the U.S. average), households in the Dickinson area spend about $22.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $204K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 34% above the U.S. figure of $152K.

The Dickinson area has 110 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 70.9 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Dickinson area was 51 in 2023, up 53.1% from 2019. That is one for every 304 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Dickinson area grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For medical and dental practices, the Dickinson area has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #190 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in North Dakota.

How the Dickinson area compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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 Dickinson, ND area compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureDickinson areaNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households70.969.784.5
Spending per listing$204K$205K$152K
Households per official establishment304363270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+53.1%+10.0%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,445$1,430$1,288
Median household income$85,938$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score5883

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
51+53.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
375
Annual payroll, 2023
$32.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
9Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11013 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
147The 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 Dickinson 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 Dickinson area

Population, 2025 estimate
39,142+0.7% since 2020
Households
15,515
Median age
36.6
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
4,492 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$85,938
Average household income
$102,815
Median home value
$272,800
Jobs located here
20,970
Daytime population
39,418Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across North Dakota

Every North Dakota market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Dakota for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with the Dickinson area marked.

Top small-town markets in North Dakota

Small-town markets in North Dakota ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williston, ND779864.7$238K+1.4%#38 of 538
2Wahpeton, ND-MN744648.4$287K0.0%#56 of 538
3Jamestown, ND585760.4$216K−0.6%#188 of 538
4Dickinson, ND5811070.9$204K+0.7%#190 of 538

Other business types in the Dickinson area

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

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in the Dickinson, ND area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 110 medical and dental practices in the Dickinson area. 13 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 53.1% from 2019. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Dickinson, ND area spend on medical and dental services?

About $22.4M a year, or $1,445 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 110 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $204K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,515 households in the Dickinson area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Dickinson, ND area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

The Dickinson area has 70.9 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $204K, 34% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Dickinson area would have about 147, against 110 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 304 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 53.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Dickinson, ND area growing?

Population estimates put the Dickinson area at 39,142 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,515 households. The median household income in the Dickinson area is $85,938 a year, 6% above 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 Dickinson area scores 58 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #190 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for medical and dental practices · All 56 business types in the Dickinson area

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