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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Ellis County, TX

How Ellis County, TX 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 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #204 of 1,656 scored counties
#11 of 114 scored counties in Texas

Listings
38
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
78
+5.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$89.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,253 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
33% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
240,867
+24.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 primary care and pediatric clinics in Ellis County. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Ellis County comes to about $89.9M a year: $1,253 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 33% 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 Ellis County was 78 in 2023, up 5.4% from 2019. That is one for every 920 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts list 121 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Ellis County.

Population estimates show Ellis County grew 24.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in Ellis County is 73 (upper middle), #204 of 1,656 scored counties and #11 of 114 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Ellis County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Ellis County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureEllis CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.38.77.2
Spending per listing$2.4M$1.3M$1.8M
Households per official establishment920486593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.4%+1.9%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+24.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,253$1,164$1,288
Median household income$99,595$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7331

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
74 → 78+5.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
564
Annual payroll, 2023
$39.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
121Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
381 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$2.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in Ellis 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 Ellis County

Population, 2025 estimate
240,867+24.0% since 2020
Households
71,759
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
936 sq. mi.
People per square mile
228
Median household income
$99,595+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$117,930
Median home value
$348,600
Jobs located here
60,835
Daytime population
167,890Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Primary care and pediatrics across Texas

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX8952.7$4.4M+21.9%#16 of 1,656
2Chambers County, TX80116.4$2M+22.6%#94 of 1,656
3Kaufman County, TX78254.9$2.4M+42.2%#109 of 1,656
4Coryell County, TX7762.2$4.7M+3.0%#112 of 1,656
5Hardin County, TX7783.6$3.1M+4.2%#122 of 1,656
6Bastrop County, TX77143.8$3.1M+21.3%#123 of 1,656
7Wilson County, TX7684.4$2.8M+12.2%#137 of 1,656
8Upshur County, TX7663.9$2.7M+8.2%#139 of 1,656
9Randall County, TX75193.3$3.5M+7.9%#148 of 1,656
10Hill County, TX7453.6$2.8M+9.8%#174 of 1,656
11Ellis County, TX73385.3$2.4M+24.0%#204 of 1,656

Other business types in Ellis 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 Ellis County, TX?

There are 38 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in Ellis County as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 78 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, up 5.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 121 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Ellis County, TX spend on medical and dental services?

About $89.9M a year, or $1,253 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 71,759 households in Ellis County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ellis County has 5.3 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $2.4M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Ellis County would have about 51, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 920 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Ellis County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Ellis County at 240,867 people in 2025, up 24.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,759 households. The median household income in Ellis County is $99,595 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.6% 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. Ellis County scores 73 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #204 of 1,656 scored counties.

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