Health care · Metro area · Mississippi
Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Hattiesburg, MS metro area
The primary care and pediatric clinics in the Hattiesburg, MS metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #371 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 90
- 2 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 118
- +32.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $61.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,018 a household
- Spending per listing
- $681K
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.0
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,014
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in the Hattiesburg metro area is 17 (low), #371 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Hattiesburg metro area spend about $61.2M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,018 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $681K of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 62% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
The Hattiesburg metro area has 90 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 15.0 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 7.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 118 businesses with payroll in the Hattiesburg metro area classed as offices of physicians, up 32.6% from 2019. That is one for every 510 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $414K have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Hattiesburg metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Hattiesburg metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Hattiesburg metro area compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Hattiesburg metro area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.0 | 8.5 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $681K | $1.2M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 510 | 757 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +32.6% | −4.7% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,018 | $992 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $60,285 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 18 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 118+32.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,116
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $334.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 164Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 902 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $414K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Hattiesburg 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 Hattiesburg metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,014+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 60,155
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,610 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 97
- Median household income
- $60,285
- Average household income
- $85,017
- Median home value
- $191,200
- Jobs located here
- 64,162
- Daytime population
- 162,718Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Mississippi for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Mississippi (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hattiesburg metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 34 | 140 | 8.3 | $1.2M | +3.5% | #308 of 387 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 32 | 392 | 7.5 | $1.4M | −0.3% | #319 of 387 |
| 2Hattiesburg, MS | 17 | 90 | 15.0 | $681K | +2.6% | #371 of 387 |
| 3Jackson, MS | 16 | 225 | 9.5 | $1.1M | −1.4% | #374 of 387 |
Other business types in the Hattiesburg metro 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 clinics18
- Dentists and orthodontists16
- Primary care and pediatrics17
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors60
- Physical therapy28
- Optometrists and eye care30
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Hattiesburg, MS metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 90 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Hattiesburg metro area. 2 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 118 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, up 32.6% from 2019. Another 164 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Hattiesburg, MS metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $61.2M a year, or $1,018 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 90 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $681K 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 60,155 households in the Hattiesburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hattiesburg, MS metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Hattiesburg metro area has 15.0 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $681K, 62% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Hattiesburg metro area would have about 34, against 90 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 510 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count rose 32.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Hattiesburg, MS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Hattiesburg metro area at 158,014 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,155 households. Median household income in the Hattiesburg metro area is $60,285, 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 Hattiesburg metro area scores 17 for primary care and pediatric clinics (low), #371 of 387 scored metro areas.
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