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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Pocahontas County, IA
How Pocahontas 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
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,287 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 6,819
- −3.5% since 2020
See the primary care and pediatric clinics around any address in Pocahontas County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 primary care or pediatric clinic in Pocahontas County. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households.
Households in Pocahontas County spend about $3.9M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,287 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each clinic on map listings. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Pocahontas County classed as offices of physicians. That is one for every 1,000 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Pocahontas County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Pocahontas 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 | Pocahontas County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 6.2 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $2.3M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,000 | 1,197 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.8% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,287 | $1,412 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $61,875 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,819−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 3,000
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 577 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $61,875
- Average household income
- $77,538
- Median home value
- $98,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,842
- Daytime population
- 6,836Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Pocahontas County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings by name and distance.
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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 Pocahontas 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 |
| Pocahontas County, IA | Not scored | 1 | 3.3 | $3.9M | −3.5% |
Other business types in Pocahontas County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Pocahontas County, IA?
There is 1 primary care or pediatric clinic on map listings in Pocahontas County as of September 2026. 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 Pocahontas County, IA spend on medical and dental services?
About $3.9M 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 1 primary care or pediatric clinic on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 3,000 households in Pocahontas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pocahontas County, IA compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Pocahontas County has 1 primary care or pediatric clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Pocahontas County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,000 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is Pocahontas County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Pocahontas County at 6,819 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,000 households. The median household income in Pocahontas County is $61,875 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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