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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Mellette County, SD
How Mellette 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
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $820K
- On medical and dental services · $1,279 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 2,137
- +11.5% since 2020
See the primary care and pediatric clinics around any address in Mellette County
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Mellette County comes to about $820K a year: $1,279 per household, in line with the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no primary care and pediatric clinics in Mellette County. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Mellette County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of physicians in Mellette County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mellette County grew 11.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Mellette 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 | Mellette County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 5.5 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $2.6M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,072 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.7% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,279 | $1,402 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $54,076 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 86 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Mellette 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 Mellette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,137+11.5% since 2020
- Households
- 641
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,307 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $54,076
- Average household income
- $74,230
- Median home value
- $84,100
- Jobs located here
- 295
- Daytime population
- 1,769Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Mellette County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Mellette County, SD | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +11.5% |
Other business types in Mellette County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Mellette County, SD?
There are no primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in Mellette County as of September 2026. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. No official count is published for offices of physicians in Mellette County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Mellette County, SD spend on medical and dental services?
About $820K a year, or $1,279 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 641 households in Mellette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mellette County, SD compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Mellette County has no primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Mellette County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Mellette County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Mellette County at 2,137 people in 2025, up 11.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 641 households. Median household income in Mellette County is $54,076, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Mellette County. It maps the primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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