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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Onslow County, NC

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for primary care and pediatric clinics in Onslow County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #490 of 1,656 scored counties
#21 of 79 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
40
6 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
61
−9.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$78.6M
On medical and dental services · $1,044 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
217,175
+6.0% 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 40 primary care and pediatric clinics in Onslow County. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Onslow County comes to about $78.6M a year: $1,044 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 10% above 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 61 businesses with payroll in Onslow County classed as offices of physicians, down 9.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,234 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 62 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $995K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Onslow County.

Population estimates show Onslow County grew 6.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Onslow County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #490 of 1,656 scored counties and #21 of 79 scored counties in North Carolina.

How Onslow County 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 Onslow County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureOnslow CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.37.27.2
Spending per listing$2M$1.6M$1.8M
Households per official establishment1,234782593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−9.0%+0.1%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.0%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,044$1,116$1,288
Median household income$68,148$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score6150

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
67 → 61−9.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
870
Annual payroll, 2023
$55.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
62Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
406 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
44The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$995K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Onslow 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 Onslow County

Population, 2025 estimate
217,175+6.0% since 2020
Households
75,265
Median age
30.9
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
762 sq. mi.
People per square mile
273
Median household income
$68,148+35.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,766
Median home value
$236,400
Jobs located here
48,126
Daytime population
192,000Residents 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 counties in North Carolina for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Onslow County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Franklin County, NC8662.1$5.1M+18.8%#28 of 1,656
2Chatham County, NC84144.2$3M+11.0%#49 of 1,656
3Currituck County, NC8165.1$2.5M+16.7%#86 of 1,656
4Davidson County, NC77202.9$3.6M+6.6%#118 of 1,656
5Brunswick County, NC75304.3$2.6M+26.5%#158 of 1,656
6Alamance County, NC74263.7$2.8M+8.5%#173 of 1,656
7Davie County, NC7474.1$2.8M+6.9%#175 of 1,656
8Johnston County, NC74414.8$2.4M+17.9%#179 of 1,656
9Stokes County, NC7363.1$3.2M+3.5%#192 of 1,656
10Rowan County, NC73213.6$2.9M+5.6%#195 of 1,656
21Onslow County, NC61405.3$2M+6.0%#490 of 1,656

Other business types in Onslow 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 Onslow County, NC?

There are 40 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in Onslow County as of September 2026. 6 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, down 9.0% from 2019. Official counts list 62 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Onslow County, NC spend on medical and dental services?

About $78.6M a year, or $1,044 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 75,265 households in Onslow County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Onslow County has 5.3 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $2M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Onslow County would have about 44, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,234 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Onslow County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Onslow County at 217,175 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 75,265 households. The median household income in Onslow County is $68,148 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.5% 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. Onslow County scores 61 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #490 of 1,656 scored counties.

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