Health care · Small-town market · Virginia
Medical and dental practices in the Lake of the Woods, VA area
How the Lake of the Woods, VA 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 90 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #4 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Virginia
- Listings
- 46
- 7 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,239 a household
- Spending per listing
- $400K
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.0
- 63% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,083
- +10.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in the Lake of the Woods area is 90 (very high), #4 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for medical and dental practices.
At $1,239 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Lake of the Woods area spend about $18.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $400K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
The Lake of the Woods area has 46 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That is 31.0 per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in the Lake of the Woods area classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers. That is one for every 707 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lake of the Woods area grew 10.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Lake of the Woods area compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Lake of the Woods area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.0 | 83.9 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $400K | $151K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 707 | 300 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,239 | $1,264 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $94,008 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 90 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 214
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 467 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 121The 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 Lake of the Woods 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 Lake of the Woods area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,083+10.1% since 2020
- Households
- 14,856
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 111
- Median household income
- $94,008
- Average household income
- $115,533
- Median home value
- $364,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,522
- Daytime population
- 31,111Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Virginia for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lake of the Woods area marked.
Top small-town markets in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake of the Woods, VA | 90 | 46 | 31.0 | $400K | +10.1% | #4 of 538 |
| 2Danville, VA | 30 | 260 | 59.0 | $158K | −1.7% | #451 of 538 |
| 3Martinsville, VA | 23 | 189 | 70.6 | $131K | −1.9% | #497 of 538 |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 17 | 294 | 72.6 | $131K | −3.8% | #520 of 538 |
Other business types in the Lake of the Woods 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 clinics90
- Dentists and orthodontists86
- Primary care and pediatrics84
- 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 Lake of the Woods, VA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 medical and dental practices in the Lake of the Woods area. 7 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lake of the Woods, VA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $18.4M a year, or $1,239 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $400K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,856 households in the Lake of the Woods area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lake of the Woods, VA area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Lake of the Woods area has 31.0 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $400K, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Lake of the Woods area would have about 121, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 707 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lake of the Woods, VA area growing?
Population estimates put the Lake of the Woods area at 40,083 people in 2025, up 10.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,856 households. The median household income in the Lake of the Woods area is $94,008 a year, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Lake of the Woods area scores 90 for medical and dental practices (very high), #4 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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