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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Carlton County, MN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for primary care and pediatric clinics in Carlton County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20M
On medical and dental services · $1,420 a household
Spending per listing
$20M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
36,711
+1.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 primary care or pediatric clinic in Carlton County. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Carlton County comes to about $20M a year: $1,420 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $20M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Carlton County in 2023. That is one for every 3,523 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Carlton County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carlton County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 primary care or pediatric clinic on map listings, Carlton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Carlton County compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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 Carlton County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureCarlton CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.73.37.2
Spending per listing$20M$4.7M$1.8M
Households per official establishment3,5231,396593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.0%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,420$1,550$1,288
Median household income$80,573$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored88

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
69
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$350K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Carlton 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 Carlton County

Population, 2025 estimate
36,711+1.4% since 2020
Households
14,090
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
861 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$80,573+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,202
Median home value
$245,100
Jobs located here
12,806
Daytime population
32,171Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Minnesota

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

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wright County, MN9891.7$9.9M+11.1%#1 of 1,656
2Sherburne County, MN9561.7$9.7M+6.8%#4 of 1,656
3Scott County, MN94173.1$5.8M+5.1%#6 of 1,656
4Anoka County, MN90261.9$8.5M+4.7%#11 of 1,656
5Olmsted County, MN89142.1$7.7M+2.3%#12 of 1,656
6Carver County, MN89102.4$7.6M+6.6%#13 of 1,656
7Dakota County, MN89553.2$5.3M+3.9%#15 of 1,656
8Washington County, MN86393.7$4.8M+6.9%#29 of 1,656
9Cass County, MN8653.9$3.5M+4.2%#31 of 1,656
10Goodhue County, MN8552.5$5.7M+1.3%#33 of 1,656
Carlton County, MNNot scored10.7$20M+1.4%

Other business types in Carlton 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 Carlton County, MN?

Carlton County has 1 primary care or pediatric clinic on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Carlton County, MN spend on medical and dental services?

About $20M a year, or $1,420 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 primary care or pediatric clinic on map listings, it comes to $20M 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 14,090 households in Carlton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Carlton County has 1 primary care or pediatric clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Carlton County would have about 11, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,523 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.

How fast is Carlton County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Carlton County at 36,711 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,090 households. The median household income in Carlton County is $80,573 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Carlton County has no market score for primary care and pediatric clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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