Health care · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Medical and dental practices in the Lock Haven, PA area
How the Lock Haven, PA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #383 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 99
- 12 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 52
- +40.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $16.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,057 a household
- Spending per listing
- $165K
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 64.2
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,870
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 99 medical and dental practices in the Lock Haven area. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 12%, against 11% across the U.S. That is 64.2 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Households in the Lock Haven area spend about $16.3M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,057 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $165K per practice, 8% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Lock Haven area in 2023, up 40.5% from 2019. That is one for every 297 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lock Haven area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For medical and dental practices, the Lock Haven area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #383 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania.
How the Lock Haven 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 | Lock Haven area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 64.2 | 92.8 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $165K | $129K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 297 | 297 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +40.5% | −2.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,057 | $1,201 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $60,816 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 52+40.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 379
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9912 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 107The 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 Lock Haven 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 Lock Haven area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,870+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,424
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 890 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $60,816+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,923
- Median home value
- $175,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,199
- Daytime population
- 34,134Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hemlock Farms, PA | 83 | 89 | 36.7 | $327K | +7.2% | #17 of 538 |
| 2Warren, PA | 46 | 88 | 54.6 | $189K | −3.8% | #309 of 538 |
| 3Huntingdon, PA | 41 | 111 | 67.9 | $158K | −2.4% | #361 of 538 |
| 4Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 40 | 165 | 62.6 | $169K | +2.3% | #364 of 538 |
| 5Lock Haven, PA | 38 | 99 | 64.2 | $165K | +1.3% | #383 of 538 |
| 6Meadville, PA | 37 | 188 | 55.6 | $184K | −2.4% | #388 of 538 |
| 7Pottsville, PA | 37 | 437 | 75.4 | $143K | +1.5% | #390 of 538 |
| 8Sayre, PA | 37 | 239 | 97.1 | $111K | −0.6% | #401 of 538 |
| 9Selinsgrove, PA | 36 | 96 | 65.8 | $165K | −0.2% | #403 of 538 |
| 10Indiana, PA | 35 | 189 | 58.2 | $178K | −0.3% | #410 of 538 |
Other business types in the Lock Haven 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 clinics38
- Dentists and orthodontists47
- Primary care and pediatrics49
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors34
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care31
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Lock Haven, PA area?
There are 99 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Lock Haven area 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 52 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 40.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lock Haven, PA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $16.3M a year, or $1,057 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 99 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $165K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,424 households in the Lock Haven area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lock Haven, PA area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Lock Haven area has 64.2 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $165K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Lock Haven area would have about 107, against 99 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 297 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 40.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lock Haven, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Lock Haven area at 37,870 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,424 households. Median household income in the Lock Haven area is $60,816, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Lock Haven area scores 38 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #383 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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