Health care · Small-town market · Arizona
Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Safford, AZ area
How the Safford, AZ area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #110 of 458 scored small-town markets
#1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Arizona
- Listings
- 8
- 3 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,157 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,157
- +4.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Safford area spend about $14.8M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,157 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per clinic, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
The Safford area has 8 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 6.3 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Safford area in 2023. That is one for every 1,416 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Safford area grew 4.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Safford area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #110 of 458 scored small-town markets and #1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Arizona. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Safford area compares
The same measures for Arizona 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.
| Measure | Safford area | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,416 | 538 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.3% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.0% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,157 | $1,300 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $67,325 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 46
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 83 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 the Safford 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 Safford area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,157+4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,746
- Median age
- 35.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 4,622 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $67,325+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,219
- Median home value
- $212,000
- Jobs located here
- 9,824
- Daytime population
- 35,369Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arizona for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Safford area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Safford, AZ | 66 | 8 | 6.3 | $1.8M | +4.0% | #110 of 458 |
| 2Show Low, AZ | 52 | 23 | 5.7 | $1.8M | +3.0% | #220 of 458 |
| 3Payson, AZ | 41 | 16 | 6.8 | $1.7M | +0.9% | #305 of 458 |
Other business types in the Safford area
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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics61
- Dentists and orthodontists44
- Primary care and pediatrics66
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors54
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care43
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Safford, AZ area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Safford area. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Safford, AZ area spend on medical and dental services?
About $14.8M a year, or $1,157 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 12,746 households in the Safford area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Safford, AZ area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Safford area has 6.3 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.8M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,416 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is the Safford, AZ area growing?
Population estimates put the Safford area at 40,157 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,746 households. Median household income in the Safford area is $67,325, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.1%, 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 Safford area scores 66 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #110 of 458 scored small-town markets.
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