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Medical and dental practices in Newton County, TX
How Newton 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #985 of 2,394 scored counties
#78 of 160 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.6M
- On medical and dental services · $943 a household
- Spending per listing
- $913K
- 6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 88% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,954
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $943 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Newton County spend about $4.6M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $913K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 6 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
Newton County has 5 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.3, 88% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Newton County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Newton County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Newton County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #985 of 2,394 scored counties and #78 of 160 scored counties in Texas.
How Newton 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 | Newton County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 82.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $913K | $141K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 252 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $943 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $42,618 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Newton 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 Newton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,954−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 4,841
- Median age
- 45.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 934 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $42,618+6.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,759
- Median home value
- $103,100
- Jobs located here
- 665
- Daytime population
- 8,562Residents 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 |
| 78Newton County, TX | 54 | 5 | 10.3 | $913K | −1.7% | #985 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Newton 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 Newton County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 medical and dental practices in Newton County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. No official count is published for offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Newton County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Newton County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $4.6M a year, or $943 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $913K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,841 households in Newton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newton County, TX compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Newton County has 10.3 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 88% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $913K, 6 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Newton County would have about 30, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Newton County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Newton County at 11,954 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,841 households. The median household income in Newton County is $42,618 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 6.3% 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. Newton County scores 54 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #985 of 2,394 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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