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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Detroit Lakes, MN area
The primary care and pediatric clinics in the Detroit Lakes, MN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20M
- On medical and dental services · $1,388 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.7M
- 3.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 71% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,497
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,388 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in the Detroit Lakes area spend about $20M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 3 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $6.7M per clinic, 3.7 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
The Detroit Lakes area has 3 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 2.1 for every 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Detroit Lakes area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,882 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Detroit Lakes area grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, the Detroit Lakes area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Detroit Lakes area 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.
| Measure | Detroit Lakes area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 3.3 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $6.7M | $4.7M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,882 | 1,396 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,388 | $1,550 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $71,388 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 88 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 298
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Detroit Lakes 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 Detroit Lakes area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,497+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 14,410
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,315 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $71,388
- Average household income
- $100,022
- Median home value
- $291,000
- Jobs located here
- 13,787
- Daytime population
- 33,123Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with the Detroit Lakes area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Red Wing, MN | 91 | 5 | 2.5 | $5.7M | +1.3% | #1 of 458 |
| 2Grand Rapids, MN | 86 | 5 | 2.7 | $5M | +0.9% | #8 of 458 |
| 3Brainerd, MN | 85 | 13 | 3.1 | $4.5M | +4.3% | #12 of 458 |
| 4Alexandria, MN | 83 | 9 | 5.1 | $2.8M | +2.6% | #19 of 458 |
| 5Marshall, MN | 76 | 6 | 5.9 | $2.4M | +1.0% | #44 of 458 |
| Detroit Lakes, MN | Not scored | 3 | 2.1 | $6.7M | +0.9% |
Other business types in the Detroit Lakes area
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 clinics76
- Dentists and orthodontists67
- Primary care and pediatrics
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors48
- Physical therapy47
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Detroit Lakes, MN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Detroit Lakes area. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Detroit Lakes, MN area spend on medical and dental services?
About $20M a year, or $1,388 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $6.7M 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 14,410 households in the Detroit Lakes area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Detroit Lakes, MN area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Detroit Lakes area has 2.1 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $6.7M, 3.7 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Detroit Lakes area would have about 11, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,882 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is the Detroit Lakes, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Detroit Lakes area at 35,497 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,410 households. Median household income in the Detroit Lakes area is $71,388, 12% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Detroit Lakes area 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in the Detroit Lakes area. It maps the primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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