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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Marion County, IA
The primary care and pediatric clinics in Marion County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #98 of 1,656 scored counties
#4 of 27 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19M
- On medical and dental services · $1,430 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,192
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Marion County scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #98 of 1,656 scored counties and #4 of 27 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for primary care and pediatric clinics.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Marion County comes to about $19M a year: $1,430 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per clinic, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
Marion County has 5 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Marion County in 2023. That is one for every 1,211 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Marion County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marion County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Marion 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.
| Measure | Marion County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 6.2 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $2.3M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,211 | 1,197 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.8% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,430 | $1,412 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $78,680 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 267
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $2.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Marion 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 Marion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,192+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,316
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 555 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $78,680+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,547
- Median home value
- $233,000
- Jobs located here
- 19,073
- Daytime population
- 36,093Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Marion County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, IA | 97 | 5 | 2.4 | $6.4M | +9.0% | #2 of 1,656 |
| 2Dallas County, IA | 83 | 23 | 5.4 | $3.1M | +17.8% | #59 of 1,656 |
| 3Story County, IA | 80 | 8 | 2.1 | $6.8M | +2.7% | #88 of 1,656 |
| 4Marion County, IA | 79 | 5 | 3.8 | $3.8M | +2.3% | #98 of 1,656 |
| 5Johnson County, IA | 79 | 29 | 4.6 | $3.2M | +4.6% | #99 of 1,656 |
| 6Boone County, IA | 75 | 5 | 4.6 | $3.2M | +0.4% | #150 of 1,656 |
| 7Benton County, IA | 74 | 6 | 5.9 | $2.5M | +1.8% | #178 of 1,656 |
| 8Dickinson County, IA | 71 | 6 | 6.8 | $2.1M | +1.7% | #246 of 1,656 |
| 9Marshall County, IA | 68 | 5 | 3.2 | $4.2M | −0.5% | #293 of 1,656 |
| 10Dubuque County, IA | 68 | 22 | 5.4 | $2.7M | +0.1% | #302 of 1,656 |
Other business types in Marion 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics53
- Dentists and orthodontists48
- Primary care and pediatrics79
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors31
- Physical therapy54
- Optometrists and eye care62
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Marion County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 primary care and pediatric clinics in Marion County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Marion County, IA spend on medical and dental services?
About $19M a year, or $1,430 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 13,316 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marion County, IA compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Marion County has 3.8 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $3.8M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Marion County would have about 11, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,211 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is Marion County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Marion County at 34,192 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,316 households. Median household income in Marion County is $78,680, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Marion County scores 79 for primary care and pediatric clinics (high), #98 of 1,656 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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