Health care · Metro area · Oklahoma
Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Lawton, OK metro area
How the Lawton, OK metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #232 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 24
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 49
- −9.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $46.6M
- On medical and dental services · $992 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 127,590
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Lawton metro area comes to about $46.6M a year: $992 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 24 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $1.9M per clinic, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
The Lawton metro area has 24 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 49 businesses with payroll in the Lawton metro area classed as offices of physicians, down 9.4% from 2019. That is one for every 958 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 65 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Lawton metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For primary care and pediatric clinics, the Lawton metro area has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #232 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma.
How the Lawton metro area compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Lawton metro area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 8.0 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.3M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 958 | 627 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.4% | −2.2% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $992 | $1,049 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $60,665 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 49−9.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 422
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 65Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 241 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Lawton metro 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 Lawton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 127,590+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 46,938
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,702 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $60,665+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,396
- Median home value
- $161,000
- Jobs located here
- 38,111
- Daytime population
- 121,235Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oklahoma for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Oklahoma (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lawton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lawton, OK | 46 | 24 | 5.1 | $1.9M | +0.7% | #232 of 387 |
| 2Tulsa, OK | 35 | 322 | 7.9 | $1.4M | +5.1% | #301 of 387 |
| 3Oklahoma City, OK | 31 | 507 | 8.9 | $1.2M | +5.8% | #323 of 387 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 26 | 64 | 7.0 | $1.4M | +3.1% | #345 of 387 |
| 4Enid, OK | 21 | 22 | 9.2 | $1.1M | −1.5% | #361 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lawton metro 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 clinics43
- Dentists and orthodontists50
- Primary care and pediatrics46
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors35
- Physical therapy42
- 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 Lawton, OK metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Lawton metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, down 9.4% from 2019. Official counts list 65 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lawton, OK metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $46.6M a year, or $992 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 46,938 households in the Lawton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lawton, OK metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Lawton metro area has 5.1 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.9M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Lawton metro area would have about 26, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 958 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lawton, OK metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lawton metro area at 127,590 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,938 households. Median household income in the Lawton metro area is $60,665, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.5%, 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. The Lawton metro area scores 46 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #232 of 387 scored metro areas.
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