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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Ford County, IL
How Ford County, IL 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,287 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 40% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,216
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Ford County spend about $7.5M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,287 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 40% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
Ford County has 3 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.1, 29% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Ford County classed as offices of physicians. That is one for every 278 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Ford County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, Ford County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Ford County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Ford County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.1M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 278 | 671 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.6% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,287 | $1,517 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $62,439 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 268
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 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 Ford 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 Ford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,216−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 5,828
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 486 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $62,439+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,163
- Median home value
- $122,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,845
- Daytime population
- 12,564Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Ford County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 96 | 15 | 3.3 | $5.1M | +9.9% | #3 of 1,656 |
| 2Champaign County, IL | 82 | 19 | 2.2 | $6.1M | +1.8% | #63 of 1,656 |
| 3Henry County, IL | 77 | 6 | 3.0 | $4.7M | −2.2% | #113 of 1,656 |
| 4Clinton County, IL | 77 | 5 | 3.4 | $4.3M | +0.6% | #114 of 1,656 |
| 5Ogle County, IL | 77 | 8 | 3.8 | $3.7M | −0.7% | #117 of 1,656 |
| 6Whiteside County, IL | 74 | 8 | 3.5 | $3.8M | −2.6% | #166 of 1,656 |
| 7Boone County, IL | 73 | 9 | 4.6 | $3.3M | +0.4% | #190 of 1,656 |
| 8DeKalb County, IL | 73 | 20 | 5.1 | $2.8M | +1.5% | #198 of 1,656 |
| 9Adams County, IL | 71 | 9 | 3.2 | $4.1M | −2.1% | #226 of 1,656 |
| 10Stephenson County, IL | 70 | 5 | 2.6 | $5M | −3.0% | #251 of 1,656 |
| Ford County, IL | Not scored | 3 | 5.1 | $2.5M | −2.2% |
Other business types in Ford 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 Ford County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 primary care and pediatric clinics in Ford County. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ford County, IL spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.5M a year, or $1,287 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 5,828 households in Ford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ford County, IL compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Ford County has 5.1 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $2.5M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Ford County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 278 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is Ford County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Ford County at 13,216 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,828 households. Median household income in Ford County is $62,439, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Ford County has no market score for primary care and pediatric clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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