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Medical and dental practices in Wayne County, TN

How Wayne 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,473 of 2,394 scored counties
#58 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
31
9 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.6M
On medical and dental services · $931 a household
Spending per listing
$180K
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
51.8
39% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,416
+1.2% 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 Wayne County comes to about $5.6M a year: $931 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That works out to $180K per practice, 18% above the U.S. figure of $152K.

Wayne County has 31 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 29%, against 11% across the U.S. That is 51.8 per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Wayne County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 748 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Wayne County grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Wayne County scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #1,473 of 2,394 scored counties and #58 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Wayne 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 Wayne County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureWayne CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households51.874.984.5
Spending per listing$180K$145K$152K
Households per official establishment748320270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.4%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$931$1,088$1,288
Median household income$52,294$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4448

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 8
Employees, 2023
65
Annual payroll, 2023
$7M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
319 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
37The 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,416+1.2% since 2020
Households
5,982
Median age
44.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
734 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$52,294+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,516
Median home value
$130,700
Jobs located here
4,044
Daytime population
13,981Residents 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 Wayne 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
58Wayne County, TN443151.8$180K+1.2%#1,473 of 2,394

Other business types in Wayne County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 medical and dental practices in Wayne County. 9 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023.

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

About $5.6M a year, or $931 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $180K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,982 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wayne County has 51.8 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $180K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Wayne County would have about 37, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 748 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.

How fast is Wayne County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Wayne County at 16,416 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,982 households. The median household income in Wayne County is $52,294 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. Wayne County scores 44 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,473 of 2,394 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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