Health care · Small-town market · Missouri
Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Poplar Bluff, MO area
How the Poplar Bluff, MO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #192 of 458 scored small-town markets
#7 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- −3.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $19.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,169 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,904
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Poplar Bluff area. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 58% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
At $1,169 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Poplar Bluff area spend about $19.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 2.2 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in the Poplar Bluff area classed as offices of physicians, down 3.1% from 2019. That is one for every 535 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Poplar Bluff area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in the Poplar Bluff area is 55 (upper middle), #192 of 458 scored small-town markets and #7 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.
How the Poplar Bluff area 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.
| Measure | Poplar Bluff area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 5.5 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $2.5M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 535 | 772 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.1% | −4.7% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,169 | $1,389 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $49,089 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31−3.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 486
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $57M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 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 Poplar Bluff 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 Poplar Bluff area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,904−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,594
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $49,089
- Average household income
- $67,066
- Median home value
- $145,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,059
- Daytime population
- 43,334Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Missouri (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Poplar Bluff area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warrensburg, MO | 84 | 8 | 3.8 | $3.5M | +4.9% | #15 of 458 |
| 2Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 81 | 7 | 4.2 | $3.1M | +0.8% | #23 of 458 |
| 3Sedalia, MO | 75 | 10 | 5.9 | $2.1M | +2.9% | #51 of 458 |
| Quincy, IL-MO | 71 | 11 | 3.5 | $3.7M | −2.0% | #69 of 458 |
| 4Rolla, MO | 59 | 11 | 6.3 | $2M | +1.6% | #155 of 458 |
| 5Moberly, MO | 58 | 5 | 5.4 | $2.3M | +0.2% | #159 of 458 |
| 6Hannibal, MO | 56 | 11 | 7.2 | $1.8M | +0.4% | #184 of 458 |
| 7Poplar Bluff, MO | 55 | 5 | 3.0 | $3.9M | −0.4% | #192 of 458 |
| 8Kennett, MO | 52 | 7 | 6.2 | $1.9M | −4.8% | #219 of 458 |
| 9Sikeston, MO | 50 | 11 | 5.6 | $2.3M | −0.3% | #232 of 458 |
Other business types in the Poplar Bluff 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 clinics24
- Dentists and orthodontists32
- Primary care and pediatrics55
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors43
- Physical therapy32
- 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 Poplar Bluff, MO area?
There are 5 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in the Poplar Bluff area as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, down 3.1% from 2019. Another 28 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Poplar Bluff, MO area spend on medical and dental services?
About $19.4M a year, or $1,169 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 16,594 households in the Poplar Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Poplar Bluff, MO area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Poplar Bluff area has 3.0 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $3.9M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Poplar Bluff area would have about 11, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 535 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Poplar Bluff, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Poplar Bluff area at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. The median household income in the Poplar Bluff area is $49,089 a year, 39% 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 Poplar Bluff area scores 55 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #192 of 458 scored small-town markets.
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