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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Unicoi County, TN

How Unicoi 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.5M
On medical and dental services · $960 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
40% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.8
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,856
−0.1% 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

Households in Unicoi County spend about $7.5M a year on medical and dental services, or $960 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 40% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.

Unicoi County has 3 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Unicoi County classed as offices of physicians. That is one for every 780 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Unicoi County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, Unicoi County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Unicoi 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 Unicoi County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureUnicoi CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.87.87.2
Spending per listing$2.5M$1.4M$1.8M
Households per official establishment780632593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.3%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$960$1,088$1,288
Median household income$52,218$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored36

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 10
Employees, 2023
63
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
10Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Unicoi 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 Unicoi County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,856−0.1% since 2020
Households
7,795
Median age
47.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
186 sq. mi.
People per square mile
95
Median household income
$52,218+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,417
Median home value
$189,600
Jobs located here
4,627
Daytime population
15,424Residents 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 Unicoi 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
Unicoi County, TNNot scored33.8$2.5M−0.1%

Other business types in Unicoi 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 Unicoi County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 primary care and pediatric clinics in Unicoi County. 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 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $7.5M a year, or $960 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 7,795 households in Unicoi County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Unicoi County has 3.8 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $2.5M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Unicoi County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 780 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.

How fast is Unicoi County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Unicoi County at 17,856 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,795 households. Median household income in Unicoi County is $52,218, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Unicoi County has no market score for primary care and pediatric clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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