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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Lake County, MT
How Lake County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #796 of 1,656 scored counties
#6 of 9 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,172 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,392
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Lake County comes to about $14.7M a year: $1,172 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
Lake County has 12 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 9.5 per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Lake County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,048 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lake County grew 6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lake County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #796 of 1,656 scored counties and #6 of 9 scored counties in Montana.
How Lake County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Lake County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 6.3 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $2M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,048 | 903 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.6% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,172 | $1,237 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $63,360 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 111
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,392+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,576
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,491 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $63,360+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,243
- Median home value
- $421,800
- Jobs located here
- 9,693
- Daytime population
- 30,848Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Montana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Montana for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Montana, with Lake County marked.
Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gallatin County, MT | 76 | 22 | 4.3 | $3.3M | +7.7% | #131 of 1,656 |
| 2Lewis and Clark County, MT | 68 | 18 | 5.8 | $2.2M | +5.8% | #307 of 1,656 |
| 3Flathead County, MT | 64 | 25 | 5.7 | $2.2M | +10.1% | #411 of 1,656 |
| 4Cascade County, MT | 54 | 26 | 7.3 | $1.6M | +0.7% | #721 of 1,656 |
| 5Ravalli County, MT | 52 | 14 | 7.5 | $1.6M | +9.4% | #786 of 1,656 |
| 6Lake County, MT | 52 | 12 | 9.5 | $1.2M | +6.9% | #796 of 1,656 |
| 7Yellowstone County, MT | 49 | 62 | 8.9 | $1.4M | +4.5% | #885 of 1,656 |
| 8Missoula County, MT | 44 | 56 | 10.6 | $1.2M | +4.4% | #1,053 of 1,656 |
| 9Silver Bow County, MT | 27 | 18 | 11.7 | $946K | +2.6% | #1,446 of 1,656 |
Other business types in Lake County
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 clinics59
- Dentists and orthodontists73
- Primary care and pediatrics52
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics28
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy48
- 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 Lake County, MT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 primary care and pediatric clinics in Lake County. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lake County, MT spend on medical and dental services?
About $14.7M a year, or $1,172 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 12,576 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, MT compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Lake County has 9.5 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.2M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Lake County would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,048 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 33,392 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,576 households. Median household income in Lake County is $63,360, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Lake County scores 52 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #796 of 1,656 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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