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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Delaware County, IA

How Delaware County, IA 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 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.3M
On medical and dental services · $1,395 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
44% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.4
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,674
+1.3% 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 $1,395 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in Delaware County spend about $10.3M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 44% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.

Delaware County has 4 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Delaware County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,456 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Delaware County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Delaware County grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, Delaware County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Delaware County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Delaware County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureDelaware CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.46.27.2
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.3M$1.8M
Households per official establishment2,4561,197593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.8%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,395$1,412$1,288
Median household income$74,989$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored75

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
43
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Delaware 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 Delaware County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,674+1.3% since 2020
Households
7,369
Median age
44.7
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
578 sq. mi.
People per square mile
30
Median household income
$74,989+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,512
Median home value
$177,900
Jobs located here
6,550
Daytime population
15,660Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Iowa

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

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, IA9752.4$6.4M+9.0%#2 of 1,656
2Dallas County, IA83235.4$3.1M+17.8%#59 of 1,656
3Story County, IA8082.1$6.8M+2.7%#88 of 1,656
4Marion County, IA7953.8$3.8M+2.3%#98 of 1,656
5Johnson County, IA79294.6$3.2M+4.6%#99 of 1,656
6Boone County, IA7554.6$3.2M+0.4%#150 of 1,656
7Benton County, IA7465.9$2.5M+1.8%#178 of 1,656
8Dickinson County, IA7166.8$2.1M+1.7%#246 of 1,656
9Marshall County, IA6853.2$4.2M−0.5%#293 of 1,656
10Dubuque County, IA68225.4$2.7M+0.1%#302 of 1,656
Delaware County, IANot scored45.4$2.6M+1.3%

Other business types in Delaware 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 Delaware County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 primary care and pediatric clinics in Delaware County. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023.

How much do households in Delaware County, IA spend on medical and dental services?

About $10.3M a year, or $1,395 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 7,369 households in Delaware County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Delaware County has 5.4 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $2.6M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Delaware County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,456 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.

How fast is Delaware County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Delaware County at 17,674 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,369 households. Median household income in Delaware County is $74,989, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.6%, 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. Delaware County has no market score for primary care and pediatric clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Delaware 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.

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