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Medical and dental practices in Pawnee County, OK
The medical and dental practices in Pawnee County, OK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #612 of 2,394 scored counties
#8 of 56 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 20
- 2 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.1M
- On medical and dental services · $993 a household
- Spending per listing
- $303K
- 99% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.7
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,029
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Pawnee County comes to about $6.1M a year: $993 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $303K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 99% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Pawnee County has 20 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That is 32.7 per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Pawnee County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 679 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Pawnee County grew 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Pawnee County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #612 of 2,394 scored counties and #8 of 56 scored counties in Oklahoma.
How Pawnee 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 | Pawnee County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.7 | 80.2 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $303K | $131K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 679 | 283 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $993 | $1,049 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $58,738 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 202 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The 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 Pawnee 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 Pawnee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,029+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,108
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $58,738+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,199
- Median home value
- $131,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,630
- Daytime population
- 12,439Residents 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 |
Other business types in Pawnee 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 Pawnee County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 medical and dental practices in Pawnee County. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pawnee County, OK spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.1M a year, or $993 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $303K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,108 households in Pawnee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pawnee County, OK compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Pawnee County has 32.7 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $303K, 99% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Pawnee County would have about 40, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 679 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Pawnee County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Pawnee County at 16,029 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,108 households. The median household income in Pawnee County is $58,738 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Pawnee County scores 63 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #612 of 2,394 scored counties.
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