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Medical and dental practices in Custer County, OK
How Custer County, OK 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 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,331 of 2,394 scored counties
#53 of 56 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 97
- 12 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 42
- −8.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $11.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,008 a household
- Spending per listing
- $115K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 87.8
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,175
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
For medical and dental practices, Custer County has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #2,331 of 2,394 scored counties and #53 of 56 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 97 medical and dental practices in Custer County. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 87.8, 4% above the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Custer County comes to about $11.1M a year: $1,008 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 97 medical and dental practices, that is $115K per practice, 25% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
In 2023, official counts showed 42 businesses with payroll in Custer County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers, down 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 263 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Custer County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Custer County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Custer County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 87.8 | 80.2 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $115K | $131K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 263 | 283 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.7% | +0.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,008 | $1,049 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $59,738 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 46 → 42−8.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 241
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9712 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 73The 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 Custer 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 Custer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,175−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 11,044
- Median age
- 33.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 989 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $59,738+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,426
- Median home value
- $181,500
- Jobs located here
- 11,641
- Daytime population
- 29,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Logan County, OK | 84 | 36 | 20.2 | $584K | +11.5% | #43 of 2,394 |
| 2Wagoner County, OK | 81 | 83 | 26.5 | $428K | +14.6% | #85 of 2,394 |
| 3Grady County, OK | 72 | 64 | 30.9 | $355K | +7.7% | #281 of 2,394 |
| 4Lincoln County, OK | 72 | 42 | 32.0 | $312K | +5.3% | #289 of 2,394 |
| 5Osage County, OK | 70 | 50 | 28.8 | $363K | +2.2% | #337 of 2,394 |
| 6Marshall County, OK | 66 | 24 | 40.1 | $243K | +6.0% | #502 of 2,394 |
| 7Sequoyah County, OK | 63 | 46 | 29.8 | $313K | +4.1% | #611 of 2,394 |
| 8Pawnee County, OK | 63 | 20 | 32.7 | $303K | +3.1% | #612 of 2,394 |
| 9Creek County, OK | 62 | 104 | 36.8 | $276K | +4.4% | #656 of 2,394 |
| 10Washita County, OK | 61 | 5 | 12.1 | $820K | −0.2% | #684 of 2,394 |
| 53Custer County, OK | 17 | 97 | 87.8 | $115K | −1.0% | #2,331 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Custer 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics17
- Dentists and orthodontists16
- Primary care and pediatrics28
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors19
- Physical therapy11
- Optometrists and eye care10
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in Custer County, OK?
There are 97 medical and dental practices on map listings in Custer County as of September 2026. 12 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 8.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Custer County, OK spend on medical and dental services?
About $11.1M a year, or $1,008 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 97 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $115K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,044 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Custer County, OK compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Custer County has 87.8 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $115K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Custer County would have about 73, against 97 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 263 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Custer County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Custer County at 28,175 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,044 households. Median household income in Custer County is $59,738, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. Custer County scores 17 for medical and dental practices (low), #2,331 of 2,394 scored counties.
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