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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Caroline County, MD

How Caroline County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #279 of 1,656 scored counties
#3 of 21 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.2M
On medical and dental services · $1,060 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
49% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.0
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,116
+2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on medical and dental services in Caroline County comes to about $13.2M a year: $1,060 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $2.6M per clinic, 49% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.

Caroline 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. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.0, 44% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Caroline County classed as offices of physicians. That is one for every 1,785 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Caroline County grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in Caroline County is 69 (upper middle), #279 of 1,656 scored counties and #3 of 21 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Caroline County compares

The same measures for Maryland 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 Caroline County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureCaroline CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.07.07.2
Spending per listing$2.6M$1.9M$1.8M
Households per official establishment1,785578593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.9%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,060$1,322$1,288
Median household income$68,457$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score6939

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 7
Employees, 2023
198
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
10Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Caroline 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 Caroline County

Population, 2025 estimate
34,116+2.5% since 2020
Households
12,495
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
319 sq. mi.
People per square mile
105
Median household income
$68,457+16.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,383
Median home value
$290,100
Jobs located here
8,855
Daytime population
25,447Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Maryland

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The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Caroline County marked.

Top counties in Maryland

Counties in Maryland ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Queen Anne’s County, MD8494.5$3M+8.8%#50 of 1,656
2St. Mary’s County, MD77214.9$2.8M+2.4%#126 of 1,656
3Caroline County, MD6954.0$2.6M+2.5%#279 of 1,656
4Calvert County, MD67185.4$2.8M+1.7%#314 of 1,656
5Charles County, MD67365.9$2.4M+5.9%#321 of 1,656
6Frederick County, MD65777.4$1.9M+11.0%#378 of 1,656
7Harford County, MD63565.5$2.4M+2.0%#425 of 1,656
8Worcester County, MD61114.6$2.6M+3.7%#477 of 1,656
9Carroll County, MD60375.8$2.4M+2.2%#508 of 1,656
10Anne Arundel County, MD581526.8$2.1M+1.7%#572 of 1,656

Other business types in Caroline County

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

Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Caroline County, MD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 primary care and pediatric clinics in Caroline County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Caroline County, MD spend on medical and dental services?

About $13.2M a year, or $1,060 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 12,495 households in Caroline County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Caroline County, MD compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?

Caroline County has 4.0 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $2.6M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Caroline County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,785 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.

How fast is Caroline County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Caroline County at 34,116 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,495 households. Median household income in Caroline County is $68,457, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.8%, 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. Caroline County scores 69 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #279 of 1,656 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for primary care and pediatric clinics · All 56 business types in Caroline County

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