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Medical and dental practices in Liberty County, TX
How Liberty 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #292 of 2,394 scored counties
#26 of 160 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 114
- 17 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 51
- −10.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $33.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,076 a household
- Spending per listing
- $294K
- 93% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.6
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 121,364
- +31.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 114 medical and dental practices in Liberty County. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 15%, against 11% across the U.S. That is 36.6 per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Liberty County comes to about $33.6M a year: $1,076 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $294K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 93% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Liberty County was 51 in 2023, down 10.5% from 2019. That is one for every 611 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 42 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $156K have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Liberty County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Liberty County grew 31.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Liberty County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #292 of 2,394 scored counties and #26 of 160 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Liberty 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 | Liberty County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.6 | 82.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $294K | $141K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 611 | 252 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.5% | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +31.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,076 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $68,703 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 57 → 51−10.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 394
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $38.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 42Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11417 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 220The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $156K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Liberty 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 Liberty County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 121,364+31.3% since 2020
- Households
- 31,183
- Median age
- 33.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,159 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $68,703+33.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,482
- Median home value
- $181,700
- Jobs located here
- 18,343
- Daytime population
- 79,956Residents 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 |
| 26Liberty County, TX | 72 | 114 | 36.6 | $294K | +31.3% | #292 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Liberty 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 clinics72
- Dentists and orthodontists71
- Primary care and pediatrics60
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors79
- Physical therapy85
- Optometrists and eye care81
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in Liberty County, TX?
There are 114 medical and dental practices on map listings in Liberty County as of September 2026. 17 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 10.5% from 2019. Official counts list 42 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Liberty County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $33.6M a year, or $1,076 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 114 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $294K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,183 households in Liberty County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Liberty County, TX compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Liberty County has 36.6 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $294K, 93% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Liberty County would have about 220, against 114 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 611 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Liberty County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Liberty County at 121,364 people in 2025, up 31.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,183 households. Median household income in Liberty County is $68,703, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.4%, 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. Liberty County scores 72 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #292 of 2,394 scored counties.
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