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Medical and dental practices in Ward County, TX
How Ward 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #941 of 2,394 scored counties
#73 of 160 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,082 a household
- Spending per listing
- $475K
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.8
- 73% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,125
- −4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 medical and dental practices in Ward County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 22.8 for every 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Ward County comes to about $4.7M a year: $1,082 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $475K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 3.1 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Ward County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Ward County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Ward County is 55 (upper middle), #941 of 2,394 scored counties and #73 of 160 scored counties in Texas.
How Ward 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 | Ward County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.8 | 82.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $475K | $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 | −4.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,082 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $65,952 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 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
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Ward 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 Ward County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,125−4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 4,388
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 836 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $65,952+4.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,784
- Median home value
- $150,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,680
- Daytime population
- 11,247Residents 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 |
| 73Ward County, TX | 55 | 10 | 22.8 | $475K | −4.7% | #941 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Ward 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 Ward County, TX?
There are 10 medical and dental practices on map listings in Ward County as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. 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 Ward County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Ward County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $4.7M a year, or $1,082 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $475K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,388 households in Ward County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ward County, TX compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Ward County has 22.8 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $475K, 3.1 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Ward County would have about 31, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Ward County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Ward County at 11,125 people in 2025, down 4.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,388 households. Median household income in Ward County is $65,952, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 4.7%, 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. Ward County scores 55 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #941 of 2,394 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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