Health care · Small-town market · Kansas
Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Dodge City, KS area
How the Dodge City, KS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #148 of 458 scored small-town markets
#5 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16M
- On medical and dental services · $1,353 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,993
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,353 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in the Dodge City area spend about $16M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 9 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $1.8M per clinic, in line with 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 9 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in the Dodge City area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.6, 6% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Dodge City area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,180 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Dodge City area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Dodge City area scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #148 of 458 scored small-town markets and #5 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Dodge City area compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Dodge City area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 6.3 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.2M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,180 | 767 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,353 | $1,422 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $70,781 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 80
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 the Dodge City 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 Dodge City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,993−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,796
- Median age
- 32.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,098 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $70,781+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,372
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 16,900
- Daytime population
- 35,172Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Dodge City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McPherson, KS | 72 | 6 | 4.9 | $2.8M | −0.4% | #64 of 458 |
| 2Garden City, KS | 69 | 7 | 5.3 | $2.6M | −2.1% | #85 of 458 |
| 3Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 63 | 7 | 5.2 | $2.4M | −0.4% | #124 of 458 |
| 4Great Bend, KS | 62 | 5 | 4.8 | $2.6M | −2.5% | #131 of 458 |
| 5Dodge City, KS | 60 | 9 | 7.6 | $1.8M | −0.6% | #148 of 458 |
| 6Emporia, KS | 57 | 10 | 6.8 | $1.8M | +0.4% | #174 of 458 |
| 7Hays, KS | 50 | 10 | 8.2 | $1.6M | +0.4% | #238 of 458 |
| 8Salina, KS | 48 | 23 | 9.2 | $1.4M | −1.4% | #254 of 458 |
| 9Pittsburg, KS | 35 | 15 | 9.5 | $1.3M | +0.1% | #346 of 458 |
| 10Liberal, KS | 33 | 7 | 9.6 | $1.4M | −3.6% | #356 of 458 |
Other business types in the Dodge City 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 clinics46
- Dentists and orthodontists61
- Primary care and pediatrics60
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors25
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care36
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Dodge City, KS area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Dodge City area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Dodge City, KS area spend on medical and dental services?
About $16M a year, or $1,353 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 11,796 households in the Dodge City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dodge City, KS area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Dodge City 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 $1.8M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,180 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is the Dodge City, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Dodge City area at 33,993 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,796 households. Median household income in the Dodge City area is $70,781, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Dodge City area scores 60 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #148 of 458 scored small-town markets.
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