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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Dover, DE metro area
How the Dover, DE metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #237 of 387 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in Delaware
- Listings
- 54
- 4 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 96
- −7.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $78.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,096 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 194,786
- +6.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Dover metro area comes to about $78.3M a year: $1,096 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per clinic, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
There are 54 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in the Dover metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Dover metro area was 96 in 2023, down 7.7% from 2019. That is one for every 744 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 85 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $130K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Dover metro area.
Population estimates show the Dover metro area grew 6.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in the Dover metro area is 46 (lower middle), #237 of 387 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in Delaware.
How the Dover metro area compares
The same measures for Delaware 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 | Dover metro area | Delaware | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 9.1 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 744 | 644 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.7% | −4.3% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.8% | +6.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,096 | $1,194 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $74,477 | $84,954 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 96−7.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,163
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $113.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 85Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 544 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $130K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Dover metro 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 Dover metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 194,786+6.8% since 2020
- Households
- 71,424
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 586 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 320
- Median household income
- $74,477+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,801
- Median home value
- $316,600
- Jobs located here
- 66,799
- Daytime population
- 177,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Delaware market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Delaware for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Delaware (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Dover metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Delaware
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 47 | 1,878 | 7.6 | $1.7M | +1.4% | #225 of 387 |
| 1Dover, DE | 46 | 54 | 7.6 | $1.5M | +6.8% | #237 of 387 |
Other business types in the Dover metro 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 clinics53
- Dentists and orthodontists79
- Primary care and pediatrics46
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors50
- Physical therapy27
- Optometrists and eye care70
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Dover, DE metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 54 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Dover metro area. 4 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 96 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, down 7.7% from 2019. Official counts list 85 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Dover, DE metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $78.3M a year, or $1,096 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 71,424 households in the Dover metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dover, DE metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Dover metro area has 7.6 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.5M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Dover metro area would have about 44, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 744 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Dover, DE metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Dover metro area at 194,786 people in 2025, up 6.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,424 households. Median household income in the Dover metro area is $74,477, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. The Dover metro area scores 46 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #237 of 387 scored metro areas.
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