Health care · Small-town market · Texas
Medical and dental practices in the Vernon, TX area
How the Vernon, 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #406 of 538 scored small-town markets
#33 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 29
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.6M
- On medical and dental services · $953 a household
- Spending per listing
- $157K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 60.7
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,481
- −2.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Vernon area scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #406 of 538 scored small-town markets and #33 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 medical and dental practices in the Vernon area. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 60.7 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
At $953 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in the Vernon area spend about $4.6M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 29 medical and dental practices, that is $157K per practice, 3% 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 the Vernon area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 531 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Vernon area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Vernon 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 | Vernon area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 60.7 | 82.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $157K | $141K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 531 | 252 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $953 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $54,102 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 292 chain locations
- 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 the Vernon 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 Vernon area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,481−2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,778
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 971 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $54,102+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,486
- Median home value
- $89,400
- Jobs located here
- 5,461
- Daytime population
- 11,849Residents 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 |
| 33Vernon, TX | 36 | 29 | 60.7 | $157K | −2.8% | #406 of 538 |
Other business types in the Vernon 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Vernon, TX area?
The Vernon area has 29 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Vernon, TX area spend on medical and dental services?
About $4.6M a year, or $953 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $157K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,778 households in the Vernon area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vernon, TX area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Vernon area has 60.7 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $157K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Vernon area would have about 30, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 531 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is the Vernon, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Vernon area at 12,481 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,778 households. Median household income in the Vernon area is $54,102, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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 Vernon area scores 36 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #406 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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