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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Lafayette County, MO

How Lafayette County, MO 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 4.

Listings
4
2 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,420 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
2.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
56% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,531
+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 4 primary care and pediatric clinics in Lafayette County. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 56% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Lafayette County comes to about $17.9M a year: $1,420 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.5M per clinic, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Lafayette County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,096 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Lafayette County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, Lafayette County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lafayette County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Lafayette County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureLafayette CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.25.57.2
Spending per listing$4.5M$2.5M$1.8M
Households per official establishment2,096772593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.7%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,420$1,389$1,288
Median household income$80,612$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored67

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
54
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
42 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,531+1.4% since 2020
Households
12,576
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
628 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$80,612+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,896
Median home value
$216,500
Jobs located here
8,542
Daytime population
27,087Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cass County, MO9492.1$7.2M+7.1%#5 of 1,656
2Christian County, MO9292.6$5.7M+8.3%#7 of 1,656
3Lincoln County, MO9273.1$4.8M+11.4%#8 of 1,656
4Platte County, MO87102.3$7.1M+6.7%#25 of 1,656
5Webster County, MO8575.0$2.6M+10.4%#41 of 1,656
6St. Charles County, MO81644.0$4.2M+4.9%#79 of 1,656
7Johnson County, MO8183.8$3.5M+4.9%#82 of 1,656
8Polk County, MO8165.0$2.5M+6.3%#85 of 1,656
9Jefferson County, MO80313.5$4.1M+2.7%#90 of 1,656
10Pulaski County, MO7674.2$3.1M+0.8%#134 of 1,656
Lafayette County, MONot scored43.2$4.5M+1.4%

Other business types in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County, MO?

Lafayette County has 4 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Lafayette County, MO spend on medical and dental services?

About $17.9M 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 4 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 12,576 households in Lafayette County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lafayette County has 3.2 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $4.5M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Lafayette County would have about 10, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,096 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.

How fast is Lafayette County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Lafayette County at 33,531 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,576 households. The median household income in Lafayette County is $80,612 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.2% 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. Lafayette County has no market score for primary care and pediatric clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Lafayette County. 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.

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

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