Health care · Small-town market · Texas
Medical and dental practices in the Sweetwater, TX area
How the Sweetwater, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #182 of 538 scored small-town markets
#15 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 24
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.7M
- On medical and dental services · $971 a household
- Spending per listing
- $238K
- 56% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 40.8
- 52% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,117
- −4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 medical and dental practices in the Sweetwater area. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 40.8, 52% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Households in the Sweetwater area spend about $5.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $971 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $238K per practice, 56% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Sweetwater area classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 1,472 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sweetwater area declined 4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Sweetwater area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #182 of 538 scored small-town markets and #15 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Sweetwater area 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 | Sweetwater area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 40.8 | 82.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $238K | $141K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,472 | 252 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $971 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $50,747 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $471K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 241 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 the Sweetwater area, 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 the Sweetwater area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,117−4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 5,886
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 912 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $50,747+11.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,510
- Median home value
- $96,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,992
- Daytime population
- 13,606Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bonham, TX | 85 | 42 | 32.9 | $333K | +9.2% | #11 of 538 |
| 2Andrews, TX | 80 | 22 | 32.1 | $348K | +1.6% | #24 of 538 |
| 3Hereford, TX | 74 | 14 | 23.1 | $433K | +0.5% | #53 of 538 |
| 4Jacksonville, TX | 72 | 81 | 44.5 | $228K | +5.4% | #74 of 538 |
| 5Port Lavaca, TX | 71 | 31 | 35.8 | $318K | −2.3% | #78 of 538 |
| 6Athens, TX | 70 | 173 | 51.5 | $202K | +7.5% | #90 of 538 |
| 7Mineral Wells, TX | 70 | 59 | 52.5 | $198K | +8.2% | #92 of 538 |
| 8Raymondville, TX | 67 | 15 | 26.4 | $356K | −0.8% | #109 of 538 |
| 9Del Rio, TX | 67 | 60 | 35.7 | $282K | +0.5% | #112 of 538 |
| 10Brenham, TX | 67 | 80 | 51.7 | $216K | +7.0% | #116 of 538 |
| 15Sweetwater, TX | 58 | 24 | 40.8 | $238K | −4.1% | #182 of 538 |
Other business types in the Sweetwater area
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 clinics58
- Dentists and orthodontists25
- Primary care and pediatrics16
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Sweetwater, TX area?
There are 24 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Sweetwater area as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sweetwater, TX area spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.7M a year, or $971 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $238K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,886 households in the Sweetwater area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sweetwater, TX area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Sweetwater area has 40.8 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $238K, 56% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Sweetwater area would have about 38, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,472 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sweetwater, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Sweetwater area at 14,117 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,886 households. Median household income in the Sweetwater area is $50,747, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Sweetwater area scores 58 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #182 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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