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Medical and dental practices in Southampton County, VA
How Southampton County, VA 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #426 of 2,394 scored counties
#24 of 114 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,060 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 6.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 88% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,110
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Southampton County spend about $7.3M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,060 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per practice, 6.8 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
There are 7 medical and dental practices on map listings in Southampton County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.2, 88% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Southampton County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Southampton County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For medical and dental practices, Southampton County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #426 of 2,394 scored counties and #24 of 114 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Southampton 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 | Southampton County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 83.9 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $151K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 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 | $1,060 | $1,264 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $70,795 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 50 |
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
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The 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 Southampton 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 Southampton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,110+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,868
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 599 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $70,795+15.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,838
- Median home value
- $216,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,775
- Daytime population
- 14,076Residents 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 |
| 24Southampton County, VA | 67 | 7 | 10.2 | $1M | +0.9% | #426 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Southampton 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 Southampton County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 medical and dental practices in Southampton County. None of them 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 Southampton County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Southampton County, VA spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.3M a year, or $1,060 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $1M per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,868 households in Southampton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Southampton County, VA compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Southampton County has 10.2 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 88% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $1M, 6.8 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Southampton County would have about 48, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Southampton County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Southampton County at 18,110 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,868 households. The median household income in Southampton County is $70,795 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.4% 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. Southampton County scores 67 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #426 of 2,394 scored counties.
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