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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Rhea County, TN

How Rhea County, TN 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #400 of 1,656 scored counties
#6 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.8M
On medical and dental services · $951 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
44% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
49% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,844
+4.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 primary care and pediatric clinics in Rhea County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 49% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.

At $951 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Rhea County spend about $12.8M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 5 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $2.6M per clinic, 44% 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.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Rhea County in 2023. That is one for every 1,348 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Rhea County grew 4.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in Rhea County is 64 (upper middle), #400 of 1,656 scored counties and #6 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Rhea County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Rhea County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureRhea CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.77.87.2
Spending per listing$2.6M$1.4M$1.8M
Households per official establishment1,348632593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.3%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$951$1,088$1,288
Median household income$55,033$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6436

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 10
Employees, 2023
72
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Rhea 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 Rhea County

Population, 2025 estimate
34,844+4.6% since 2020
Households
13,475
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
316 sq. mi.
People per square mile
108
Median household income
$55,033+30.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,267
Median home value
$206,000
Jobs located here
10,252
Daytime population
31,260Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Rhea County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fayette County, TN8074.1$2.9M+7.7%#92 of 1,656
2Hawkins County, TN7452.1$4.5M+5.0%#161 of 1,656
3Marshall County, TN6785.9$1.8M+10.5%#328 of 1,656
4Robertson County, TN65145.0$2.3M+9.9%#373 of 1,656
5Roane County, TN65125.3$2M+7.0%#377 of 1,656
6Rhea County, TN6453.7$2.6M+4.6%#400 of 1,656
7Montgomery County, TN64505.7$1.9M+13.0%#414 of 1,656
8Jefferson County, TN63136.0$1.7M+9.3%#444 of 1,656
9Blount County, TN62315.6$2M+6.0%#467 of 1,656
10Monroe County, TN58105.1$1.9M+7.2%#584 of 1,656

Other business types in Rhea 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 Rhea County, TN?

Rhea County has 5 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Rhea County, TN spend on medical and dental services?

About $12.8M a year, or $951 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 13,475 households in Rhea County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Rhea County has 3.7 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $2.6M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Rhea County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,348 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.

How fast is Rhea County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Rhea County at 34,844 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,475 households. The median household income in Rhea County is $55,033 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.4% 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. Rhea County scores 64 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #400 of 1,656 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for primary care and pediatric clinics · All 56 business types in Rhea County

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