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Medical and dental practices in Willacy County, TX
The medical and dental practices in Willacy County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #731 of 2,394 scored counties
#60 of 160 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.3M
- On medical and dental services · $938 a household
- Spending per listing
- $356K
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.4
- 69% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,971
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $938 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Willacy County spend about $5.3M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $356K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
Willacy County has 15 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 11% across the U.S. That is 26.4 per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Willacy County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,423 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Willacy County declined 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For medical and dental practices, Willacy County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #731 of 2,394 scored counties and #60 of 160 scored counties in Texas.
How Willacy 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 | Willacy County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.4 | 82.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $356K | $141K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,423 | 252 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $938 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $54,180 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Willacy 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 Willacy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,971−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,691
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 591 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $54,180+52.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,310
- Median home value
- $73,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,193
- Daytime population
- 16,399Residents 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 |
| 60Willacy County, TX | 60 | 15 | 26.4 | $356K | −0.8% | #731 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Willacy 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 Willacy County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 medical and dental practices in Willacy County. One of them (7%) 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 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Willacy County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.3M a year, or $938 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $356K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,691 households in Willacy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Willacy County, TX compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Willacy County has 26.4 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $356K, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Willacy County would have about 35, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,423 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Willacy County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Willacy County at 19,971 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,691 households. The median household income in Willacy County is $54,180 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 52.5% 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. Willacy County scores 60 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #731 of 2,394 scored counties.
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