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Medical and dental practices in Lake County, SD
How Lake 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 · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #303 of 2,394 scored counties
#4 of 18 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,402 a household
- Spending per listing
- $413K
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.9
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,993
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 medical and dental practices in Lake County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 13%, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.9, 60% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
At $1,402 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $6.6M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $413K per practice, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Lake County in 2023. That is one for every 524 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lake County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Lake County is 71 (upper middle), #303 of 2,394 scored counties and #4 of 18 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lake 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 | Lake County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.9 | 74.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $413K | $188K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 524 | 312 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,402 | $1,402 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $76,808 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,993−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,716
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 563 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $76,808+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,754
- Median home value
- $247,600
- Jobs located here
- 5,183
- Daytime population
- 10,346Residents 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 |
Other business types in Lake 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 Lake County, SD?
Lake County has 16 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) 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 list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lake County, SD spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.6M a year, or $1,402 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $413K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,716 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, SD compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Lake County has 33.9 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $413K, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Lake County would have about 43, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 524 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 10,993 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,716 households. Median household income in Lake County is $76,808, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.2%, 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. Lake County scores 71 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #303 of 2,394 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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