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Medical and dental practices in Lancaster County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for medical and dental practices in Lancaster County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,733 of 2,394 scored counties
#76 of 114 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 50
- 2 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,093 a household
- Spending per listing
- $125K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 87.7
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,995
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 medical and dental practices in Lancaster County. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 87.7, 4% above the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Lancaster County comes to about $6.2M a year: $1,093 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $125K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 18% below 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 Lancaster County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 633 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lancaster County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For medical and dental practices, Lancaster County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,733 of 2,394 scored counties and #76 of 114 scored counties in Virginia.
How Lancaster County 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 | Lancaster County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 87.7 | 83.9 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $125K | $151K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 633 | 300 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,093 | $1,264 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $69,713 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 83
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 502 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 Lancaster 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 Lancaster County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,995+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,701
- Median age
- 57.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 133 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $69,713+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,227
- Median home value
- $327,000
- Jobs located here
- 4,634
- Daytime population
- 9,988Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New Kent County, VA | 93 | 19 | 20.5 | $666K | +21.2% | #3 of 2,394 |
| 2Goochland County, VA | 89 | 22 | 21.3 | $674K | +17.4% | #7 of 2,394 |
| 3Poquoson city, VA | 88 | 9 | 19.0 | $721K | +6.6% | #9 of 2,394 |
| 4King George County, VA | 88 | 31 | 30.6 | $444K | +10.5% | #12 of 2,394 |
| 5Frederick County, VA | 87 | 58 | 16.4 | $774K | +8.8% | #14 of 2,394 |
| 6Caroline County, VA | 87 | 24 | 20.0 | $591K | +11.3% | #16 of 2,394 |
| 7Louisa County, VA | 85 | 42 | 27.0 | $438K | +13.6% | #35 of 2,394 |
| 8Fluvanna County, VA | 84 | 31 | 30.0 | $408K | +6.2% | #52 of 2,394 |
| 9Clarke County, VA | 83 | 20 | 34.0 | $395K | +5.4% | #63 of 2,394 |
| 10Powhatan County, VA | 83 | 45 | 39.7 | $334K | +7.0% | #68 of 2,394 |
| 76Lancaster County, VA | 39 | 50 | 87.7 | $125K | +0.9% | #1,733 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County, VA?
There are 50 medical and dental practices on map listings in Lancaster County as of September 2026. 2 of them (4%) 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 also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lancaster County, VA spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.2M a year, or $1,093 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $125K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,701 households in Lancaster County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lancaster County, VA compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Lancaster County has 87.7 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $125K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Lancaster County would have about 41, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 633 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Lancaster County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Lancaster County at 10,995 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,701 households. Median household income in Lancaster County is $69,713, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Lancaster County scores 39 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,733 of 2,394 scored counties.
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