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Medical and dental practices in McCook County, SD

How McCook 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
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.3M
On medical and dental services · $1,485 a household
Spending per listing
$330K
2.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
45.0
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,964
+5.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on medical and dental services in McCook County comes to about $3.3M a year: $1,485 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. Spread across 10 medical and dental practices, that is $330K per practice, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $152K.

McCook County has 10 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 11% across the U.S. That is 45.0 per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in McCook County in 2023. That is one for every 740 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in McCook County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.2%, 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 McCook 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.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in McCook County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureMcCook CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households45.074.684.5
Spending per listing$330K$188K$152K
Households per official establishment740312270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.3%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,485$1,402$1,288
Median household income$83,852$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored77

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 McCook 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 McCook County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,964+5.2% since 2020
Households
2,221
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.7
Land area
574 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$83,852
Average household income
$101,460
Median home value
$230,100
Jobs located here
1,327
Daytime population
4,254Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with McCook County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Meade County, SD823428.4$496K+2.7%#74 of 2,394
2Beadle County, SD743343.8$302K+2.4%#243 of 2,394
3Butte County, SD732046.4$302K+5.5%#263 of 2,394
4Lake County, SD711633.9$413K−0.2%#303 of 2,394
5Roberts County, SD691335.9$368K−0.1%#366 of 2,394
6Brookings County, SD638863.8$214K+9.6%#635 of 2,394
7Minnehaha County, SD6261772.7$198K+7.6%#682 of 2,394
8Clay County, SD612545.1$284K+0.2%#702 of 2,394
9Oglala Lakota County, SD58620.5$523K−2.3%#805 of 2,394
10Lincoln County, SD5425892.5$174K+17.5%#1,024 of 2,394
McCook County, SDNot scored1045.0$330K+5.2%

Other business types in McCook County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in McCook County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 medical and dental practices in McCook County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. 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 McCook County, SD spend on medical and dental services?

About $3.3M a year, or $1,485 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $330K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,221 households in McCook County and national spending patterns by income.

How does McCook County, SD compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

McCook County has 45.0 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $330K, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, McCook County would have about 22, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 740 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

How fast is McCook County, SD growing?

Population estimates put McCook County at 5,964 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,221 households. The median household income in McCook County is $83,852 a year, 4% above 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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How the score works · Top markets for medical and dental practices · All 56 business types in McCook County

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