Health care · County · New Mexico
Primary care and pediatric clinics in Lea County, NM
How Lea County, NM 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #595 of 1,656 scored counties
#5 of 19 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 17
- 4 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,206 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,749
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 primary care and pediatric clinics in Lea County. 4 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.9, 4% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Lea County comes to about $29.8M a year: $1,206 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per clinic, 2% below 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.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Lea County in 2023. That is one for every 1,898 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Lea County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lea County grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For primary care and pediatric clinics, Lea County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #595 of 1,656 scored counties and #5 of 19 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Lea County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Lea County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 5.7 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.1M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,898 | 930 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.1% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,206 | $1,178 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $68,015 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 104
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 174 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Lea 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 Lea County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,749+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,670
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $68,015+12.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,389
- Median home value
- $184,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,256
- Daytime population
- 77,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lea County?
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Lea County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 87 | 16 | 2.8 | $4.7M | +6.9% | #26 of 1,656 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 84 | 6 | 2.2 | $5.2M | +7.2% | #42 of 1,656 |
| 3Otero County, NM | 75 | 6 | 2.5 | $4.5M | +3.7% | #145 of 1,656 |
| 4McKinley County, NM | 59 | 6 | 2.8 | $3.6M | −6.1% | #529 of 1,656 |
| 5Lea County, NM | 58 | 17 | 6.9 | $1.8M | +0.2% | #595 of 1,656 |
| 6Santa Fe County, NM | 55 | 42 | 5.9 | $2.2M | +1.2% | #676 of 1,656 |
| 7Los Alamos County, NM | 55 | 7 | 8.5 | $2M | 0.0% | #679 of 1,656 |
| 8Lincoln County, NM | 54 | 5 | 5.0 | $2.2M | −2.3% | #707 of 1,656 |
| 9San Juan County, NM | 53 | 11 | 2.6 | $4.2M | −0.9% | #728 of 1,656 |
| 10Bernalillo County, NM | 51 | 175 | 6.1 | $2M | −1.4% | #803 of 1,656 |
Other business types in Lea 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 clinics61
- Dentists and orthodontists58
- Primary care and pediatrics58
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors53
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care65
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Lea County, NM?
Lea County has 17 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lea County, NM spend on medical and dental services?
About $29.8M a year, or $1,206 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 24,670 households in Lea County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lea County, NM compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Lea County has 6.9 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.8M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,898 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is Lea County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Lea County at 74,749 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,670 households. The median household income in Lea County is $68,015 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.3% 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. Lea County scores 58 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #595 of 1,656 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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