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Medical and dental practices in Walsh County, ND

How Walsh County, ND 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #885 of 2,394 scored counties
#8 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
29
7 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6M
On medical and dental services · $1,366 a household
Spending per listing
$207K
36% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
65.9
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,179
−3.3% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in Walsh County comes to about $6M a year: $1,366 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $207K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 36% above the U.S. figure of $152K.

Walsh County has 29 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 65.9, 22% 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 Walsh County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 880 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Walsh County declined 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Walsh County is 57 (upper middle), #885 of 2,394 scored counties and #8 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota.

How Walsh County 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 Walsh County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureWalsh CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households65.969.784.5
Spending per listing$207K$205K$152K
Households per official establishment880363270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.0%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.3%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,366$1,430$1,288
Median household income$71,944$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score5783

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
70
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
297 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The 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 Walsh 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 Walsh County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,179−3.3% since 2020
Households
4,400
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,282 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$71,944+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,230
Median home value
$132,700
Jobs located here
4,797
Daytime population
10,251Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Walsh County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1McKenzie County, ND911525.0$653K+2.8%#5 of 2,394
2Morton County, ND843827.2$529K+3.8%#45 of 2,394
3Rolette County, ND691129.2$435K−4.1%#362 of 2,394
4Barnes County, ND682244.8$296K−2.7%#410 of 2,394
5Williams County, ND659864.7$238K+1.4%#551 of 2,394
6Richland County, ND644058.4$242K+1.2%#588 of 2,394
7Cass County, ND5866779.5$181K+9.1%#849 of 2,394
8Walsh County, ND572965.9$207K−3.3%#885 of 2,394
9Ward County, ND5117661.6$234K−2.4%#1,122 of 2,394
10Stutsman County, ND505760.4$216K−0.6%#1,171 of 2,394

Other business types in Walsh County

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

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in Walsh County, ND?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 medical and dental practices in Walsh County. 7 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in Walsh County, ND spend on medical and dental services?

About $6M a year, or $1,366 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $207K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,400 households in Walsh County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Walsh County has 65.9 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $207K, 36% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Walsh County would have about 39, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 880 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

How fast is Walsh County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Walsh County at 10,179 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,400 households. The median household income in Walsh County is $71,944 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Walsh County scores 57 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #885 of 2,394 scored counties.

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