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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Lafayette, LA metro area

The primary care and pediatric clinics in the Lafayette, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 18 out of 100: Low

Ranked #365 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana

Listings
165
16 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
454
−14.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$170.5M
On medical and dental services · $1,037 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.0
39% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
423,758
+3.8% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in the Lafayette metro area is 18 (low), #365 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 165 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Lafayette metro area. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 10.0 for every 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Lafayette metro area comes to about $170.5M a year: $1,037 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per clinic, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. 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 454 businesses with payroll in the Lafayette metro area classed as offices of physicians, down 14.7% from 2019. That is one for every 362 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $998K have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Lafayette metro area. Population estimates show the Lafayette metro area grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Lafayette metro area compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Lafayette, LA metro area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureLafayette metro areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.08.97.2
Spending per listing$1M$1.2M$1.8M
Households per official establishment362572593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−14.7%−12.1%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.8%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,037$1,036$1,288
Median household income$60,892$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score188

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
454−14.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,303
Annual payroll, 2023
$299.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
474Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
16516 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
96The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$998K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Lafayette metro 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 Lafayette metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
423,758+3.8% since 2020
Households
164,378
Median age
38.6
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
2,834 sq. mi.
People per square mile
146
Median household income
$60,892
Average household income
$88,260
Median home value
$214,400
Jobs located here
177,096
Daytime population
415,749Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Lafayette metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Louisiana

Metro areas in Louisiana ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hammond, LA45377.1$1.4M+5.8%#244 of 387
2Baton Rouge, LA3435810.8$1M+2.1%#311 of 387
3Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA33445.5$1.9M−3.5%#312 of 387
4Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA301009.5$1.2M+5.3%#329 of 387
5New Orleans-Metairie, LA242847.1$1.5M−3.4%#350 of 387
6Lake Charles, LA19849.1$1.2M−3.8%#364 of 387
7Lafayette, LA1816510.0$1M+3.8%#365 of 387
8Shreveport-Bossier City, LA81459.2$1.1M−2.3%#384 of 387
9Monroe, LA5849.7$1M−1.9%#386 of 387
10Alexandria, LA4559.8$1M−2.5%#387 of 387

Other business types in the Lafayette metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Lafayette, LA metro area?

There are 165 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in the Lafayette metro area as of September 2026. 16 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 454 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, down 14.7% from 2019. Official counts list 474 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Lafayette, LA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $170.5M a year, or $1,037 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 165 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 164,378 households in the Lafayette metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lafayette, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?

The Lafayette metro area has 10.0 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Lafayette metro area would have about 96, against 165 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 362 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Lafayette, LA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lafayette metro area at 423,758 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 164,378 households. The median household income in the Lafayette metro area is $60,892 a year, 25% 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 Lafayette metro area scores 18 for primary care and pediatric clinics (low), #365 of 387 scored metro areas.

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