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Medical and dental practices in the Lawton, OK metro area

How the Lawton, OK metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #249 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma

Listings
327
32 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
107
−10.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$46.6M
On medical and dental services · $992 a household
Spending per listing
$142K
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
69.7
18% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
127,590
+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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 327 medical and dental practices in the Lawton metro area. Of those, 32 are chain locations, or 10%, against 11% across the U.S. That is 69.7 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Lawton metro area comes to about $46.6M a year: $992 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $142K per practice, 7% below the U.S. figure of $152K.

Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Lawton metro area in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 439 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts also show 72 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Lawton metro area grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Lawton metro area scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #249 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma.

How the Lawton metro area 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.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in Lawton, OK metro area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureLawton metro areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households69.780.284.5
Spending per listing$142K$131K$152K
Households per official establishment439283270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−10.3%+0.9%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$992$1,049$1,288
Median household income$60,665$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score4330

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
107−10.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
812
Annual payroll, 2023
$44M
One-person businesses, 2023
72Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
32732 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
306The 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 Lawton metro 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 Lawton metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
127,590+0.7% since 2020
Households
46,938
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,702 sq. mi.
People per square mile
75
Median household income
$60,665+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,396
Median home value
$161,000
Jobs located here
38,111
Daytime population
121,235Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Oklahoma for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Oklahoma (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lawton metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oklahoma

Metro areas in Oklahoma ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lawton, OK4332769.7$142K+0.7%#249 of 387
2Tulsa, OK333,65990.0$121K+5.1%#328 of 387
Fort Smith, AR-OK3063669.9$142K+3.1%#344 of 387
3Oklahoma City, OK295,28192.5$119K+5.8%#348 of 387
4Enid, OK19251105.1$98K−1.5%#376 of 387

Other business types in the Lawton metro 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 Lawton, OK metro area?

There are 327 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Lawton metro area as of September 2026. 32 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019. Another 72 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Lawton, OK metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $46.6M 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 327 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $142K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,938 households in the Lawton metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lawton, OK metro area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

The Lawton metro area has 69.7 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $142K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Lawton metro area would have about 306, against 327 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 439 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Lawton, OK metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lawton metro area at 127,590 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,938 households. Median household income in the Lawton metro area is $60,665, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.5%, 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. The Lawton metro area scores 43 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #249 of 387 scored metro areas.

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