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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Van Buren County, AR
How Van Buren County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,220 of 1,656 scored counties
#12 of 42 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 9
- 2 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.7M
- On medical and dental services · $907 a household
- Spending per listing
- $749K
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.1
- 68% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,238
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 primary care and pediatric clinics in Van Buren County. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 12.1 per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Van Buren County comes to about $6.7M a year: $907 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $749K per clinic, 58% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Van Buren County in 2023. That is one for every 2,477 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Van Buren County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For primary care and pediatric clinics, Van Buren County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,220 of 1,656 scored counties and #12 of 42 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Van Buren County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Van Buren County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $749K | $1.4M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,477 | 606 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.1% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $907 | $1,022 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $50,354 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 92 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,238+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,432
- Median age
- 49.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 710 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $50,354+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,356
- Median home value
- $135,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,785
- Daytime population
- 14,903Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Van Buren County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lonoke County, AR | 73 | 9 | 3.2 | $3.4M | +3.5% | #189 of 1,656 |
| 2Benton County, AR | 64 | 63 | 5.6 | $2.2M | +16.0% | #410 of 1,656 |
| 3Crawford County, AR | 61 | 10 | 4.3 | $2.3M | +4.1% | #481 of 1,656 |
| 4Saline County, AR | 60 | 25 | 5.0 | $2.2M | +7.6% | #512 of 1,656 |
| 5Faulkner County, AR | 46 | 33 | 6.7 | $1.6M | +8.2% | #976 of 1,656 |
| 6Greene County, AR | 45 | 11 | 6.1 | $1.6M | +3.4% | #1,017 of 1,656 |
| 7Miller County, AR | 44 | 9 | 5.5 | $1.7M | −0.5% | #1,037 of 1,656 |
| 8Yell County, AR | 43 | 5 | 6.0 | $1.6M | −1.3% | #1,067 of 1,656 |
| 9White County, AR | 42 | 17 | 5.7 | $1.7M | +4.2% | #1,085 of 1,656 |
| 10Washington County, AR | 42 | 82 | 8.4 | $1.3M | +9.9% | #1,100 of 1,656 |
| 12Van Buren County, AR | 38 | 9 | 12.1 | $749K | +2.8% | #1,220 of 1,656 |
Other business types in Van Buren 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 primary care and pediatric clinics are in Van Buren County, AR?
Van Buren County has 9 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Van Buren County, AR spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.7M a year, or $907 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $749K per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,432 households in Van Buren County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Van Buren County, AR compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Van Buren County has 12.1 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $749K, 58% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Van Buren County would have about 4, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,477 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is Van Buren County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Van Buren County at 16,238 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,432 households. The median household income in Van Buren County is $50,354 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.8% 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. Van Buren County scores 38 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #1,220 of 1,656 scored counties.
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