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Medical and dental practices in Ashland County, WI
How Ashland County, WI 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #966 of 2,394 scored counties
#45 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 40
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- −30.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $8.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,263 a household
- Spending per listing
- $216K
- 41% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 58.5
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,203
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Ashland County spend about $8.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,263 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 40 medical and dental practices, that is $216K per practice, 41% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Ashland County has 40 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 11% across the U.S. That comes to 58.5 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Ashland County classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers, down 30.0% from 2019. That is one for every 488 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Ashland County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For medical and dental practices, Ashland County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #966 of 2,394 scored counties and #45 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Ashland County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Ashland County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 58.5 | 93.0 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $216K | $154K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 488 | 335 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −30.0% | +12.0% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,263 | $1,435 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $62,462 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 14−30.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 214
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 401 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The 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 Ashland 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 Ashland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,203+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,832
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,045 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $62,462+46.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,270
- Median home value
- $170,300
- Jobs located here
- 7,396
- Daytime population
- 16,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bayfield County, WI | 89 | 10 | 13.4 | $1M | +3.4% | #6 of 2,394 |
| 2Adams County, WI | 88 | 16 | 16.8 | $747K | +5.2% | #8 of 2,394 |
| 3Lafayette County, WI | 87 | 25 | 37.0 | $373K | +5.2% | #21 of 2,394 |
| 4Burnett County, WI | 86 | 20 | 27.8 | $467K | +3.9% | #26 of 2,394 |
| 5Vilas County, WI | 78 | 31 | 27.8 | $479K | +2.9% | #119 of 2,394 |
| 6Marquette County, WI | 77 | 19 | 27.2 | $473K | +2.1% | #142 of 2,394 |
| 7Dunn County, WI | 77 | 66 | 37.8 | $366K | +1.7% | #148 of 2,394 |
| 8Sawyer County, WI | 77 | 34 | 38.6 | $334K | +4.0% | #153 of 2,394 |
| 9Vernon County, WI | 76 | 48 | 38.6 | $351K | +2.4% | #176 of 2,394 |
| 10Waushara County, WI | 76 | 46 | 43.5 | $304K | +2.8% | #180 of 2,394 |
| 45Ashland County, WI | 55 | 40 | 58.5 | $216K | +1.1% | #966 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Ashland 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 Ashland County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 medical and dental practices in Ashland County. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 30.0% from 2019. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ashland County, WI spend on medical and dental services?
About $8.6M a year, or $1,263 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $216K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,832 households in Ashland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ashland County, WI compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Ashland County has 58.5 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $216K, 41% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Ashland County would have about 57, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 488 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 30.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Ashland County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Ashland County at 16,203 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,832 households. The median household income in Ashland County is $62,462 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 46.9% 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. 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. Ashland County scores 55 for medical and dental practices (upper middle), #966 of 2,394 scored counties.
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