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Medical and dental practices in Meade County, SD
How Meade 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 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #74 of 2,394 scored counties
#1 of 18 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 34
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,410 a household
- Spending per listing
- $496K
- 3.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.4
- 66% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,711
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
For medical and dental practices, Meade County has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #74 of 2,394 scored counties and #1 of 18 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for medical and dental practices.
As of September 2026, map listings count 34 medical and dental practices in Meade County. None of them are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 28.4, 66% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Households in Meade County spend about $16.9M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,410 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That works out to $496K per practice, 3.3 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Meade County in 2023. That is one for every 704 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $387K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Meade County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Meade County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Meade 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 | Meade County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.4 | 74.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $496K | $188K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 704 | 312 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,410 | $1,402 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $74,790 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 125
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 340 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 111The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $387K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Meade 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 Meade County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,711+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,968
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $74,790+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,155
- Median home value
- $310,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,923
- Daytime population
- 24,809Residents 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 Meade 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 Meade County, SD?
Meade County has 34 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Meade County, SD spend on medical and dental services?
About $16.9M a year, or $1,410 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $496K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,968 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meade County, SD compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Meade County has 28.4 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $496K, 3.3 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Meade County would have about 111, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 704 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Meade County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Meade County at 30,711 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,968 households. Median household income in Meade County is $74,790, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Meade County scores 82 for medical and dental practices (high), #74 of 2,394 scored counties.
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