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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Dorchester County, MD
How Dorchester 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,041 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 69% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,628
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,041 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Dorchester County spend about $14.1M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 3 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $4.7M per clinic, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
Dorchester County has 3 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Dorchester County in 2023. That is one for every 1,129 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dorchester County grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, Dorchester County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Dorchester 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.
| Measure | Dorchester County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 7.0 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $1.9M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,129 | 578 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.9% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,041 | $1,322 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $61,839 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 86
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Dorchester 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 Dorchester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,628+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,546
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 541 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $61,839+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,771
- Median home value
- $262,400
- Jobs located here
- 12,352
- Daytime population
- 29,247Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Queen Anne’s County, MD | 84 | 9 | 4.5 | $3M | +8.8% | #50 of 1,656 |
| 2St. Mary’s County, MD | 77 | 21 | 4.9 | $2.8M | +2.4% | #126 of 1,656 |
| 3Caroline County, MD | 69 | 5 | 4.0 | $2.6M | +2.5% | #279 of 1,656 |
| 4Calvert County, MD | 67 | 18 | 5.4 | $2.8M | +1.7% | #314 of 1,656 |
| 5Charles County, MD | 67 | 36 | 5.9 | $2.4M | +5.9% | #321 of 1,656 |
| 6Frederick County, MD | 65 | 77 | 7.4 | $1.9M | +11.0% | #378 of 1,656 |
| 7Harford County, MD | 63 | 56 | 5.5 | $2.4M | +2.0% | #425 of 1,656 |
| 8Worcester County, MD | 61 | 11 | 4.6 | $2.6M | +3.7% | #477 of 1,656 |
| 9Carroll County, MD | 60 | 37 | 5.8 | $2.4M | +2.2% | #508 of 1,656 |
| 10Anne Arundel County, MD | 58 | 152 | 6.8 | $2.1M | +1.7% | #572 of 1,656 |
| Dorchester County, MD | Not scored | 3 | 2.2 | $4.7M | +3.4% |
Other business types in Dorchester 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics49
- Dentists and orthodontists72
- Primary care and pediatrics
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy38
- Optometrists and eye care25
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Dorchester County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 primary care and pediatric clinics in Dorchester County. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Dorchester County, MD spend on medical and dental services?
About $14.1M a year, or $1,041 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 13,546 households in Dorchester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dorchester County, MD compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Dorchester County has 2.2 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $4.7M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Dorchester County would have about 8, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,129 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is Dorchester County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Dorchester County at 33,628 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,546 households. Median household income in Dorchester County is $61,839, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.9%, 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. 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. Dorchester County has no market score for primary care and pediatric clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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