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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Carter County, KY
The primary care and pediatric clinics in Carter County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,624 of 1,656 scored counties
#55 of 63 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.2M
- On medical and dental services · $943 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,149
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
For primary care and pediatric clinics, Carter County has a Groundwork market score of 12 (low): #1,624 of 1,656 scored counties and #55 of 63 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Carter County comes to about $10.2M a year: $943 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 43% below 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 10 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in Carter County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of physicians in Carter County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carter County declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Carter County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Carter County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.3M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 640 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.4% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $943 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $51,235 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 23 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,149−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 10,794
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 410 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $51,235+47.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,045
- Median home value
- $132,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,014
- Daytime population
- 23,638Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Scott County, KY | 73 | 10 | 4.4 | $2.7M | +8.2% | #200 of 1,656 |
| 2Jessamine County, KY | 72 | 5 | 2.5 | $4.5M | +7.8% | #207 of 1,656 |
| 3Campbell County, KY | 68 | 14 | 3.6 | $3.3M | +2.5% | #295 of 1,656 |
| 4Marshall County, KY | 65 | 5 | 3.8 | $2.8M | −0.1% | #365 of 1,656 |
| 5Calloway County, KY | 60 | 7 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +4.9% | #516 of 1,656 |
| 6Boone County, KY | 59 | 34 | 6.7 | $1.9M | +6.5% | #546 of 1,656 |
| 7Oldham County, KY | 58 | 18 | 7.8 | $1.8M | +4.9% | #591 of 1,656 |
| 8Graves County, KY | 56 | 7 | 5.0 | $1.9M | +1.4% | #645 of 1,656 |
| 9Meade County, KY | 55 | 8 | 7.3 | $1.5M | +2.2% | #696 of 1,656 |
| 10Kenton County, KY | 53 | 37 | 5.5 | $2.1M | +3.9% | #739 of 1,656 |
| 55Carter County, KY | 12 | 10 | 9.3 | $1M | −1.7% | #1,624 of 1,656 |
Other business types in Carter 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 Carter County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 primary care and pediatric clinics in Carter County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. No official count is published for offices of physicians in Carter County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carter County, KY spend on medical and dental services?
About $10.2M a year, or $943 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 10,794 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, KY compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Carter County has 9.3 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Carter County would have about 6, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Carter County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 26,149 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,794 households. Median household income in Carter County is $51,235, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 47.5%, 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. Carter County scores 12 for primary care and pediatric clinics (low), #1,624 of 1,656 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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