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Medical and dental practices in Dewey County, SD
How Dewey County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,214 a household
- Spending per listing
- $514K
- 3.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.6
- 72% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,419
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Dewey County spend about $2.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,214 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 medical and dental practices, that is $514K per practice, 3.4 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
There are 4 medical and dental practices on map listings in Dewey County as of September 2026. That is 23.6 per 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Dewey County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 564 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Dewey County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Dewey County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Dewey County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.6 | 74.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $514K | $188K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 564 | 312 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,214 | $1,402 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $54,104 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $850K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 42 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Dewey 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 Dewey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,419+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 1,692
- Median age
- 27.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,302 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $54,104
- Average household income
- $68,205
- Median home value
- $69,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,367
- Daytime population
- 6,023Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Meade County, SD | 82 | 34 | 28.4 | $496K | +2.7% | #74 of 2,394 |
| 2Beadle County, SD | 74 | 33 | 43.8 | $302K | +2.4% | #243 of 2,394 |
| 3Butte County, SD | 73 | 20 | 46.4 | $302K | +5.5% | #263 of 2,394 |
| 4Lake County, SD | 71 | 16 | 33.9 | $413K | −0.2% | #303 of 2,394 |
| 5Roberts County, SD | 69 | 13 | 35.9 | $368K | −0.1% | #366 of 2,394 |
| 6Brookings County, SD | 63 | 88 | 63.8 | $214K | +9.6% | #635 of 2,394 |
| 7Minnehaha County, SD | 62 | 617 | 72.7 | $198K | +7.6% | #682 of 2,394 |
| 8Clay County, SD | 61 | 25 | 45.1 | $284K | +0.2% | #702 of 2,394 |
| 9Oglala Lakota County, SD | 58 | 6 | 20.5 | $523K | −2.3% | #805 of 2,394 |
| 10Lincoln County, SD | 54 | 258 | 92.5 | $174K | +17.5% | #1,024 of 2,394 |
| Dewey County, SD | Not scored | 4 | 23.6 | $514K | +3.8% |
Other business types in Dewey County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Dewey County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 medical and dental practices in Dewey County. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in Dewey County, SD spend on medical and dental services?
About $2.1M a year, or $1,214 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $514K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,692 households in Dewey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dewey County, SD compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Dewey County has 23.6 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $514K, 3.4 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Dewey County would have about 14, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 564 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Dewey County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Dewey County at 5,419 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,692 households. The median household income in Dewey County is $54,104 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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