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Medical and dental practices in Lauderdale County, TN

The medical and dental practices in Lauderdale County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,514 of 2,394 scored counties
#62 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
40
5 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.7M
On medical and dental services · $930 a household
Spending per listing
$217K
42% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
42.9
49% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,617
−2.0% 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

At $930 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Lauderdale County spend about $8.7M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 40 medical and dental practices, that is $217K per practice, 42% above the U.S. figure of $152K.

Lauderdale County has 40 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 42.9 for every 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Lauderdale County in 2023. That is one for every 717 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Lauderdale County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Lauderdale County is 43 (lower middle), #1,514 of 2,394 scored counties and #62 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Lauderdale 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.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in Lauderdale County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureLauderdale CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households42.974.984.5
Spending per listing$217K$145K$152K
Households per official establishment717320270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.4%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$930$1,088$1,288
Median household income$49,879$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4348

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 13
Employees, 2023
95
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
405 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
57The 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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,617−2.0% since 2020
Households
9,325
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
472 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$49,879+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,819
Median home value
$143,200
Jobs located here
6,626
Daytime population
21,291Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Tennessee

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fayette County, TN843319.2$610K+7.7%#42 of 2,394
2Morgan County, TN801115.3$658K+5.3%#95 of 2,394
3Meigs County, TN76815.3$645K+10.8%#163 of 2,394
4Jackson County, TN75612.5$742K+7.1%#189 of 2,394
5Union County, TN742329.0$346K+8.1%#237 of 2,394
6Hawkins County, TN716326.7$361K+5.0%#310 of 2,394
7Hickman County, TN703436.0$285K+5.0%#347 of 2,394
8Trousdale County, TN681540.5$254K+8.4%#421 of 2,394
9Crockett County, TN671120.0$492K+0.7%#430 of 2,394
10Cannon County, TN671831.2$317K+5.0%#446 of 2,394
62Lauderdale County, TN434042.9$217K−2.0%#1,514 of 2,394

Other business types in Lauderdale County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in Lauderdale County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 medical and dental practices in Lauderdale County. 5 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Lauderdale County, TN spend on medical and dental services?

About $8.7M a year, or $930 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $217K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,325 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lauderdale County has 42.9 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $217K, 42% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Lauderdale County would have about 57, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 717 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

How fast is Lauderdale County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 24,617 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,325 households. The median household income in Lauderdale County is $49,879 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Lauderdale County scores 43 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,514 of 2,394 scored counties.

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