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Medical and dental practices in Deaf Smith County, TX
How Deaf Smith County, TX 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #432 of 2,394 scored counties
#39 of 160 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 14
- 3 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,002 a household
- Spending per listing
- $433K
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.1
- 73% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,626
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Deaf Smith County spend about $6.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,002 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 medical and dental practices, that is $433K per practice, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
Deaf Smith County has 14 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That is 23.1 per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Deaf Smith County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 1,009 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Deaf Smith County grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Deaf Smith County is 67 (upper middle), #432 of 2,394 scored counties and #39 of 160 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Deaf Smith County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Deaf Smith County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.1 | 82.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $433K | $141K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,009 | 252 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,002 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $60,799 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 57
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 143 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The 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 Deaf Smith 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 Deaf Smith County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,626+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 6,051
- Median age
- 31.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $60,799+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,276
- Median home value
- $121,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,711
- Daytime population
- 18,792Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 87 | 65 | 37.7 | $344K | +22.6% | #22 of 2,394 |
| 2Burleson County, TX | 86 | 13 | 16.5 | $661K | +16.2% | #25 of 2,394 |
| 3Grimes County, TX | 85 | 15 | 14.6 | $720K | +16.3% | #30 of 2,394 |
| 4Waller County, TX | 85 | 36 | 19.6 | $616K | +21.9% | #31 of 2,394 |
| 5Rains County, TX | 84 | 10 | 20.6 | $525K | +11.2% | #46 of 2,394 |
| 6Bandera County, TX | 83 | 25 | 27.0 | $408K | +9.0% | #62 of 2,394 |
| 7Milam County, TX | 82 | 14 | 13.8 | $757K | +6.0% | #69 of 2,394 |
| 8Upshur County, TX | 81 | 26 | 16.7 | $616K | +8.2% | #81 of 2,394 |
| 9Gaines County, TX | 81 | 18 | 26.0 | $430K | +10.4% | #84 of 2,394 |
| 10Blanco County, TX | 81 | 21 | 40.7 | $297K | +18.6% | #92 of 2,394 |
| 39Deaf Smith County, TX | 67 | 14 | 23.1 | $433K | +0.5% | #432 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Deaf Smith 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 Deaf Smith County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 medical and dental practices in Deaf Smith County. 3 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Deaf Smith County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.1M a year, or $1,002 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $433K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,051 households in Deaf Smith County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Deaf Smith County, TX compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Deaf Smith County has 23.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $433K, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Deaf Smith County would have about 40, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,009 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Deaf Smith County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Deaf Smith County at 18,626 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,051 households. The median household income in Deaf Smith County is $60,799 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.3% 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. Deaf Smith County scores 67 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #432 of 2,394 scored counties.
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