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Medical and dental practices in Pennington County, SD
How Pennington 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,790 of 2,394 scored counties
#15 of 18 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 618
- 41 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 227
- +2.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $65M
- On medical and dental services · $1,402 a household
- Spending per listing
- $105K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 133.3
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,792
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 618 medical and dental practices in Pennington County. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 133.3, 58% above the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Pennington County comes to about $65M a year: $1,402 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $105K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
Official counts show 227 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Pennington County in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019. That is one for every 204 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 137 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $616K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Pennington County.
Population estimates show Pennington County grew 6.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For medical and dental practices, Pennington County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,790 of 2,394 scored counties and #15 of 18 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Pennington 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 | Pennington County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 133.3 | 74.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $105K | $188K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 204 | 312 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.3% | +12.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,402 | $1,402 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $74,517 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 222 → 227+2.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,989
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $217.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 137Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61841 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 426The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $616K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Pennington 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 Pennington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,792+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 46,370
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,777 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $74,517+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,289
- Median home value
- $302,200
- Jobs located here
- 59,416
- Daytime population
- 120,445Residents 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 |
| 15Pennington County, SD | 38 | 618 | 133.3 | $105K | +6.6% | #1,790 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Pennington 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics38
- Dentists and orthodontists40
- Primary care and pediatrics65
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors37
- Physical therapy55
- Optometrists and eye care39
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in Pennington County, SD?
There are 618 medical and dental practices on map listings in Pennington County as of September 2026. 41 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 227 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019. Official counts list 137 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pennington County, SD spend on medical and dental services?
About $65M 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 618 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $105K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,370 households in Pennington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pennington County, SD compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Pennington County has 133.3 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $105K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Pennington County would have about 426, against 618 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 204 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Pennington County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Pennington County at 116,792 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,370 households. Median household income in Pennington County is $74,517, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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. Pennington County scores 38 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,790 of 2,394 scored counties.
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