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Medical and dental practices in Lee County, SC
How Lee County, SC 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,651 of 2,394 scored counties
#29 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.4M
- On medical and dental services · $845 a household
- Spending per listing
- $335K
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.2
- 70% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,730
- −5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 medical and dental practices in Lee County. None of them are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 25.2 for every 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
At $845 per household (34% below the U.S. average), households in Lee County spend about $5.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $335K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Lee County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lee County declined 5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Lee County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #1,651 of 2,394 scored counties and #29 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Lee County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Lee County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.2 | 77.8 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $335K | $140K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 340 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $845 | $1,086 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $44,760 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Lee 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 Lee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,730−5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,351
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 410 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $44,760+38.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $56,408
- Median home value
- $104,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,773
- Daytime population
- 12,067Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lee County?
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Edgefield County, SC | 83 | 15 | 15.4 | $688K | +16.1% | #58 of 2,394 |
| 2Jasper County, SC | 77 | 36 | 27.4 | $378K | +32.2% | #147 of 2,394 |
| 3Saluda County, SC | 73 | 16 | 20.9 | $467K | +4.1% | #248 of 2,394 |
| 4Abbeville County, SC | 71 | 24 | 24.6 | $409K | +2.3% | #305 of 2,394 |
| 5Kershaw County, SC | 66 | 123 | 45.7 | $231K | +11.6% | #506 of 2,394 |
| 6Calhoun County, SC | 62 | 8 | 12.9 | $765K | +0.6% | #638 of 2,394 |
| 7Laurens County, SC | 62 | 118 | 43.8 | $221K | +6.2% | #673 of 2,394 |
| 8Fairfield County, SC | 60 | 24 | 26.9 | $357K | −2.6% | #730 of 2,394 |
| 9Chesterfield County, SC | 60 | 65 | 37.1 | $249K | +3.4% | #749 of 2,394 |
| 10Lancaster County, SC | 60 | 226 | 56.3 | $205K | +18.3% | #762 of 2,394 |
| 29Lee County, SC | 40 | 16 | 25.2 | $335K | −5.0% | #1,651 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Lee 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 Lee County, SC?
There are 16 medical and dental practices on map listings in Lee County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. No official count is published for offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Lee County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lee County, SC spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.4M a year, or $845 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $335K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,351 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lee County, SC compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Lee County has 25.2 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $335K, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Lee County would have about 35, against 16 on map listings.
How fast is Lee County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Lee County at 15,730 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,351 households. Median household income in Lee County is $44,760, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.3%, 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. Lee County scores 40 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,651 of 2,394 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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