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Medical and dental practices in Summers County, WV
The medical and dental practices in Summers County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,109 of 2,394 scored counties
#31 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 18
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4M
- On medical and dental services · $860 a household
- Spending per listing
- $224K
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 38.5
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,532
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Summers County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices, ranking #2,109 of 2,394 scored counties and #31 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 medical and dental practices in Summers County. None of them are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 38.5 for every 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Households in Summers County spend about $4M a year on medical and dental services, or $860 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 medical and dental practices, that is $224K per practice, 47% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Summers County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Summers County declined 3.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Summers County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Summers County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 38.5 | 58.4 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $224K | $172K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 372 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.4% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $860 | $1,005 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $40,699 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 48 |
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
- 180 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Summers 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 Summers County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,532−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,680
- Median age
- 47.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $40,699+6.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,559
- Median home value
- $140,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,800
- Daytime population
- 10,079Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 76 | 86 | 37.7 | $332K | +9.2% | #178 of 2,394 |
| 2Hampshire County, WV | 74 | 23 | 26.6 | $376K | +4.4% | #231 of 2,394 |
| 3Morgan County, WV | 65 | 32 | 43.6 | $239K | +5.5% | #549 of 2,394 |
| 4Berkeley County, WV | 63 | 233 | 45.7 | $247K | +13.7% | #622 of 2,394 |
| 5Taylor County, WV | 62 | 16 | 24.2 | $416K | −2.4% | #642 of 2,394 |
| 6Mineral County, WV | 62 | 32 | 28.8 | $359K | −0.4% | #645 of 2,394 |
| 7Wayne County, WV | 60 | 33 | 20.9 | $464K | −4.0% | #726 of 2,394 |
| 8Preston County, WV | 59 | 42 | 32.8 | $306K | −0.6% | #776 of 2,394 |
| 9Grant County, WV | 59 | 16 | 36.4 | $270K | +0.4% | #780 of 2,394 |
| 10Hardy County, WV | 58 | 20 | 33.6 | $282K | +0.7% | #818 of 2,394 |
| 31Summers County, WV | 29 | 18 | 38.5 | $224K | −3.3% | #2,109 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Summers 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 Summers County, WV?
There are 18 medical and dental practices on map listings in Summers County as of September 2026. 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 Summers County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Summers County, WV spend on medical and dental services?
About $4M a year, or $860 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $224K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,680 households in Summers County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Summers County, WV compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Summers County has 38.5 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $224K, 47% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Summers County would have about 26, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is Summers County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Summers County at 11,532 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,680 households. Median household income in Summers County is $40,699, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 6.6%, 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. Summers County scores 29 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #2,109 of 2,394 scored counties.
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