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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Mount Airy, NC area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for primary care and pediatric clinics in the Mount Airy, NC area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #321 of 458 scored small-town markets
#12 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina

Listings
17
2 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
44
+2.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$29M
On medical and dental services · $971 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
72,287
+1.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Mount Airy area. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Mount Airy area comes to about $29M a year: $971 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 4% 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 44 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Mount Airy area in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019. That is one for every 679 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mount Airy area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in the Mount Airy area is 39 (lower middle), #321 of 458 scored small-town markets and #12 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina.

How the Mount Airy area compares

The same measures for North Carolina 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 Mount Airy, NC area compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureMount Airy areaNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.77.27.2
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.6M$1.8M
Households per official establishment679782593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.3%+0.1%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$971$1,116$1,288
Median household income$55,656$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score3950

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
44+2.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
554
Annual payroll, 2023
$55.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
20Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
172 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Mount Airy 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 Mount Airy area

Population, 2025 estimate
72,287+1.3% since 2020
Households
29,869
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
533 sq. mi.
People per square mile
134
Median household income
$55,656+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,579
Median home value
$177,600
Jobs located here
28,742
Daytime population
70,148Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Mount Airy area marked.

Top small-town markets in North Carolina

Small-town markets in North Carolina ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waynesville, NC62114.1$2.5M+1.9%#132 of 458
2Anderson Creek, NC62346.8$1.6M+12.3%#139 of 458
3New Bern, NC59265.0$2.1M+3.6%#154 of 458
4North Wilkesboro, NC54134.8$1.9M+0.6%#206 of 458
5Brevard, NC5364.1$2.6M+2.9%#212 of 458
6Wilson, NC52185.4$1.8M+1.7%#221 of 458
7Sanford, NC48208.0$1.3M+10.8%#255 of 458
8Forest City, NC46228.3$1.2M+2.1%#268 of 458
9Kill Devil Hills, NC45137.7$1.6M+3.3%#272 of 458
10Albemarle, NC45239.1$1.1M+9.8%#284 of 458
12Mount Airy, NC39175.7$1.7M+1.3%#321 of 458

Other business types in the Mount Airy area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Mount Airy, NC area?

There are 17 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in the Mount Airy area as of September 2026. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Mount Airy, NC area spend on medical and dental services?

About $29M a year, or $971 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 29,869 households in the Mount Airy area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mount Airy, NC area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?

The Mount Airy area has 5.7 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.7M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Mount Airy area would have about 16, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 679 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Mount Airy, NC area growing?

Population estimates put the Mount Airy area at 72,287 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,869 households. The median household income in the Mount Airy area is $55,656 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. 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 Mount Airy area scores 39 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #321 of 458 scored small-town markets.

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