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Medical and dental practices in the Moses Lake, WA area

How the Moses Lake, WA 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 82 out of 100: High

Ranked #18 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington

Listings
142
13 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
63
+10.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$42.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,212 a household
Spending per listing
$302K
98% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
40.1
53% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
105,727
+6.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For medical and dental practices, the Moses Lake area has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #18 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for medical and dental practices.

At $1,212 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Moses Lake area spend about $42.9M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 142 medical and dental practices, that is $302K per practice, 98% above the U.S. figure of $152K.

There are 142 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Moses Lake area as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 9%, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 40.1, 53% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Moses Lake area in 2023, up 10.5% from 2019. That is one for every 562 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Moses Lake area grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Moses Lake area compares

The same measures for Washington 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.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in Moses Lake, WA area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureMoses Lake areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households40.179.384.5
Spending per listing$302K$182K$152K
Households per official establishment562305270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+10.5%+0.2%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.3%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,212$1,446$1,288
Median household income$73,267$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score8275

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
63+10.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
475
Annual payroll, 2023
$27.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
34Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
14213 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
281The 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 Moses Lake 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 Moses Lake area

Population, 2025 estimate
105,727+6.3% since 2020
Households
35,398
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
2,680 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$73,267+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,003
Median home value
$299,500
Jobs located here
39,791
Daytime population
100,811Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Washington

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Moses Lake area marked.

Top small-town markets in Washington

Small-town markets in Washington ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shelton, WA936926.5$490K+7.8%#1 of 538
2Moses Lake, WA8214240.1$302K+6.3%#18 of 538
3Othello, WA792539.8$295K+4.3%#29 of 538
4Port Townsend, WA788350.8$248K+2.7%#35 of 538
5Ellensburg, WA7610050.0$257K+4.2%#45 of 538
6Aberdeen, WA7213142.8$269K+3.0%#71 of 538
7Pullman, WA719349.7$232K+1.5%#81 of 538
8Oak Harbor, WA7016545.9$295K−1.5%#84 of 538
9Centralia, WA7016449.8$247K+6.7%#87 of 538
10Port Angeles, WA4628681.6$149K+1.1%#315 of 538

Other business types in the Moses Lake area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in the Moses Lake, WA area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 142 medical and dental practices in the Moses Lake area. 13 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, up 10.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 34 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Moses Lake, WA area spend on medical and dental services?

About $42.9M a year, or $1,212 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 142 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $302K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,398 households in the Moses Lake area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Moses Lake, WA area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

The Moses Lake area has 40.1 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $302K, 98% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Moses Lake area would have about 281, against 142 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 562 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Moses Lake, WA area growing?

Population estimates put the Moses Lake area at 105,727 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,398 households. The median household income in the Moses Lake area is $73,267 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. 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 Moses Lake area scores 82 for medical and dental practices (high), #18 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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