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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Hale County, AL

How Hale County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5M
On medical and dental services · $879 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
15,194
+2.9% 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

At $879 per household (32% below the U.S. average), households in Hale County spend about $5M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $5M of household spending for each clinic on map listings. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.

Hale County has 1 primary care or pediatric clinic on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of physicians in Hale County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hale County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 primary care or pediatric clinic on map listings, Hale County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Hale County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the primary care and pediatric clinics counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Primary care and pediatrics in Hale County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureHale CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.87.17.2
Spending per listing$5M$1.5M$1.8M
Households per official establishmentn/a718593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.8%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$879$1,050$1,288
Median household income$39,250$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored37

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 in Hale 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 Hale County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,194+2.9% since 2020
Households
5,642
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
644 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$39,250+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$60,886
Median home value
$127,600
Jobs located here
2,723
Daytime population
11,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Hale County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Elmore County, AL73144.3$2.6M+4.2%#201 of 1,656
2Lawrence County, AL6953.7$2.8M+2.3%#275 of 1,656
3Coffee County, AL6794.3$2.5M+6.3%#319 of 1,656
4St. Clair County, AL67164.6$2.4M+7.1%#322 of 1,656
5Shelby County, AL60536.1$2.1M+6.5%#515 of 1,656
6Cullman County, AL58164.5$2.3M+6.7%#566 of 1,656
7Chilton County, AL57105.6$1.8M+5.9%#620 of 1,656
8Limestone County, AL56307.3$1.6M+18.0%#659 of 1,656
9Pike County, AL5564.8$2M+2.4%#681 of 1,656
10Lee County, AL53476.8$1.6M+8.6%#753 of 1,656
Hale County, ALNot scored11.8$5M+2.9%

Other business types in Hale County

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

Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Hale County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 primary care or pediatric clinic in Hale County. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. No official count is published for offices of physicians in Hale County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Hale County, AL spend on medical and dental services?

About $5M a year, or $879 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 primary care or pediatric clinic on map listings, it comes to $5M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,642 households in Hale County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hale County, AL compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?

Hale County has 1 primary care or pediatric clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Hale County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Hale County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Hale County at 15,194 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,642 households. Median household income in Hale County is $39,250, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.3%, 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. Hale County has no market score for primary care and pediatric clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Hale County. It maps the primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for primary care and pediatric clinics · All 56 business types in Hale County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Hale County?

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