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Medical and dental practices in Fentress County, TN
How Fentress County, TN 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #471 of 2,394 scored counties
#12 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 20
- 5 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On medical and dental services · $864 a household
- Spending per listing
- $338K
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.5
- 70% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,322
- +9.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 medical and dental practices in Fentress County. 5 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That is 25.5 per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Fentress County comes to about $6.8M a year: $864 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. That works out to $338K per practice, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Fentress County in 2023. That is one for every 653 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Fentress County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Fentress County is 66 (upper middle), #471 of 2,394 scored counties and #12 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Fentress County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Fentress County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.5 | 74.9 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $338K | $145K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 653 | 320 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.4% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $864 | $1,088 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $51,149 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 100
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 205 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The 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 Fentress 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 Fentress County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,322+9.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,831
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $51,149+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $57,981
- Median home value
- $168,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,781
- Daytime population
- 16,556Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 84 | 33 | 19.2 | $610K | +7.7% | #42 of 2,394 |
| 2Morgan County, TN | 80 | 11 | 15.3 | $658K | +5.3% | #95 of 2,394 |
| 3Meigs County, TN | 76 | 8 | 15.3 | $645K | +10.8% | #163 of 2,394 |
| 4Jackson County, TN | 75 | 6 | 12.5 | $742K | +7.1% | #189 of 2,394 |
| 5Union County, TN | 74 | 23 | 29.0 | $346K | +8.1% | #237 of 2,394 |
| 6Hawkins County, TN | 71 | 63 | 26.7 | $361K | +5.0% | #310 of 2,394 |
| 7Hickman County, TN | 70 | 34 | 36.0 | $285K | +5.0% | #347 of 2,394 |
| 8Trousdale County, TN | 68 | 15 | 40.5 | $254K | +8.4% | #421 of 2,394 |
| 9Crockett County, TN | 67 | 11 | 20.0 | $492K | +0.7% | #430 of 2,394 |
| 10Cannon County, TN | 67 | 18 | 31.2 | $317K | +5.0% | #446 of 2,394 |
| 12Fentress County, TN | 66 | 20 | 25.5 | $338K | +9.7% | #471 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Fentress 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 Fentress County, TN?
There are 20 medical and dental practices on map listings in Fentress County as of September 2026. 5 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fentress County, TN spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.8M a year, or $864 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $338K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,831 households in Fentress County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fentress County, TN compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Fentress County has 25.5 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $338K, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Fentress County would have about 44, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 653 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Fentress County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Fentress County at 20,322 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,831 households. Median household income in Fentress County is $51,149, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.1%, 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. Fentress County scores 66 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #471 of 2,394 scored counties.
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