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Medical and dental practices in Taylor County, TX

How Taylor 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,182 of 2,394 scored counties
#147 of 160 scored counties in Texas

Listings
555
62 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
208
−10.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$57.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,050 a household
Spending per listing
$104K
32% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
101.0
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
150,077
+4.6% 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

The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Taylor County is 27 (lower middle), #2,182 of 2,394 scored counties and #147 of 160 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Taylor County comes to about $57.7M a year: $1,050 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $104K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 32% below the U.S. figure of $152K.

Taylor County has 555 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 62 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That is 101.0 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Official counts show 208 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Taylor County in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 264 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Taylor County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Taylor County grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Taylor 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.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in Taylor County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTaylor CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households101.082.684.5
Spending per listing$104K$141K$152K
Households per official establishment264252270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−10.3%+4.2%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,050$1,164$1,288
Median household income$67,139$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2738

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
232 → 208−10.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,016
Annual payroll, 2023
$309.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
133Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
55562 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
378The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Taylor 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 Taylor County

Population, 2025 estimate
150,077+4.6% since 2020
Households
54,934
Median age
35.1
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
916 sq. mi.
People per square mile
159
Median household income
$67,139+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,419
Median home value
$198,600
Jobs located here
64,893
Daytime population
148,613Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Texas, with Taylor County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chambers County, TX876537.7$344K+22.6%#22 of 2,394
2Burleson County, TX861316.5$661K+16.2%#25 of 2,394
3Grimes County, TX851514.6$720K+16.3%#30 of 2,394
4Waller County, TX853619.6$616K+21.9%#31 of 2,394
5Rains County, TX841020.6$525K+11.2%#46 of 2,394
6Bandera County, TX832527.0$408K+9.0%#62 of 2,394
7Milam County, TX821413.8$757K+6.0%#69 of 2,394
8Upshur County, TX812616.7$616K+8.2%#81 of 2,394
9Gaines County, TX811826.0$430K+10.4%#84 of 2,394
10Blanco County, TX812140.7$297K+18.6%#92 of 2,394
147Taylor County, TX27555101.0$104K+4.6%#2,182 of 2,394

Other business types in Taylor County

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

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in Taylor County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 555 medical and dental practices in Taylor County. 62 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 208 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 133 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Taylor County, TX spend on medical and dental services?

About $57.7M a year, or $1,050 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 555 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $104K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,934 households in Taylor County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Taylor County has 101.0 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $104K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Taylor County would have about 378, against 555 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 264 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Taylor County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Taylor County at 150,077 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,934 households. The median household income in Taylor County is $67,139 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. Taylor County scores 27 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #2,182 of 2,394 scored counties.

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