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Medical and dental practices in the Johnstown, PA metro area
How the Johnstown, PA 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #346 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 409
- 62 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 178
- −9.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $57.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,028 a household
- Spending per listing
- $141K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 73.1
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 128,968
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in the Johnstown metro area is 29 (lower middle), #346 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Johnstown metro area comes to about $57.5M a year: $1,028 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $141K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
The Johnstown metro area has 409 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 62 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 73.1 for every 10,000 households, 13% 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 Johnstown metro area was 178 in 2023, down 9.2% from 2019. That is one for every 314 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $350K have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Johnstown metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Johnstown metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Johnstown metro area compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Johnstown metro area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 73.1 | 92.8 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $141K | $129K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 314 | 297 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.2% | −2.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.2% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,028 | $1,201 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $58,418 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 178−9.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,200
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $179.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 82Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40962 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 377The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Johnstown 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 Johnstown metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 128,968−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 55,973
- Median age
- 45.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 688 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 191
- Median household income
- $58,418+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,237
- Median home value
- $121,000
- Jobs located here
- 48,495
- Daytime population
- 125,354Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gettysburg, PA | 80 | 219 | 53.6 | $225K | +3.6% | #12 of 387 |
| 2Lebanon, PA | 70 | 341 | 60.1 | $195K | +2.2% | #55 of 387 |
| 3Chambersburg, PA | 67 | 399 | 62.8 | $186K | +3.0% | #67 of 387 |
| 4York-Hanover, PA | 66 | 1,326 | 73.0 | $167K | +3.6% | #75 of 387 |
| 5Reading, PA | 65 | 1,065 | 65.2 | $183K | +2.7% | #80 of 387 |
| 6Lancaster, PA | 60 | 1,517 | 71.3 | $174K | +1.9% | #112 of 387 |
| 7Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 47 | 21,556 | 87.4 | $148K | +1.4% | #212 of 387 |
| 8Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 40 | 2,348 | 95.4 | $126K | +4.2% | #276 of 387 |
| 9Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 37 | 3,577 | 105.3 | $117K | +3.0% | #307 of 387 |
| 10State College, PA | 36 | 555 | 94.0 | $125K | −0.4% | #313 of 387 |
| 11Johnstown, PA | 29 | 409 | 73.1 | $141K | −3.2% | #346 of 387 |
Other business types in the Johnstown metro area
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 clinics29
- Dentists and orthodontists51
- Primary care and pediatrics24
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors12
- Physical therapy8
- Optometrists and eye care5
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Johnstown, PA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 409 medical and dental practices in the Johnstown metro area. 62 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 178 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 9.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 82 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Johnstown, PA metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $57.5M a year, or $1,028 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 409 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $141K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,973 households in the Johnstown metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Johnstown, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Johnstown metro area has 73.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $141K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Johnstown metro area would have about 377, against 409 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 314 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Johnstown, PA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Johnstown metro area at 128,968 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,973 households. The median household income in the Johnstown metro area is $58,418 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. The Johnstown metro area scores 29 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #346 of 387 scored metro areas.
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