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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Lawrence County, SD
How Lawrence County, SD 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #176 of 1,656 scored counties
#5 of 10 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,365 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 54% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,459
- +14.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 primary care and pediatric clinics in Lawrence County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 5.0 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Lawrence County comes to about $16.4M a year: $1,365 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 54% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Lawrence County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 709 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 Lawrence County grew 14.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in Lawrence County is 74 (upper middle), #176 of 1,656 scored counties and #5 of 10 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lawrence County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Lawrence County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 5.5 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.6M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 709 | 1,072 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.7% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,365 | $1,402 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $73,384 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 86 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 282
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,459+14.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,054
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 800 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $73,384+39.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,174
- Median home value
- $346,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,155
- Daytime population
- 27,824Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lawrence County?
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Lawrence County marked.
Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Minnehaha County, SD | 89 | 31 | 3.7 | $3.9M | +7.6% | #18 of 1,656 |
| 2Brookings County, SD | 83 | 8 | 5.8 | $2.3M | +9.6% | #61 of 1,656 |
| 3Lincoln County, SD | 76 | 19 | 6.8 | $2.4M | +17.5% | #141 of 1,656 |
| 4Codington County, SD | 75 | 6 | 4.8 | $2.8M | +4.3% | #155 of 1,656 |
| 5Lawrence County, SD | 74 | 6 | 5.0 | $2.7M | +14.0% | #176 of 1,656 |
| 6Pennington County, SD | 65 | 27 | 5.8 | $2.4M | +6.6% | #370 of 1,656 |
| 7Union County, SD | 48 | 7 | 9.6 | $1.6M | +3.3% | #908 of 1,656 |
| 8Hughes County, SD | 46 | 15 | 20.7 | $702K | −0.9% | #1,001 of 1,656 |
| 9Yankton County, SD | 43 | 12 | 12.4 | $1.1M | +1.5% | #1,077 of 1,656 |
| 10Brown County, SD | 36 | 19 | 11.7 | $1.2M | −1.7% | #1,264 of 1,656 |
Other business types in Lawrence 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 clinics45
- Dentists and orthodontists69
- Primary care and pediatrics74
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors42
- Physical therapy67
- Optometrists and eye care38
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Lawrence County, SD?
Lawrence County has 6 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lawrence County, SD spend on medical and dental services?
About $16.4M a year, or $1,365 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 12,054 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lawrence County, SD compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Lawrence County has 5.0 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $2.7M, 54% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 9, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 709 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is Lawrence County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Lawrence County at 29,459 people in 2025, up 14.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,054 households. The median household income in Lawrence County is $73,384 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.4% 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. Lawrence County scores 74 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #176 of 1,656 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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