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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Hockley County, TX
How Hockley 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 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,537 of 1,656 scored counties
#101 of 114 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,057 a household
- Spending per listing
- $837K
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.6
- 75% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,600
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Hockley County scores 21 (low) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #1,537 of 1,656 scored counties and #101 of 114 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,057 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Hockley County spend about $8.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $837K of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 53% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
Hockley County has 10 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.6, 75% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of physicians in Hockley County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Hockley County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hockley 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.
| Measure | Hockley County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.6 | 8.7 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $837K | $1.3M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 486 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.9% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,057 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $63,140 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 31 |
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
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Hockley 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 Hockley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,600+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,915
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 908 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $63,140+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,577
- Median home value
- $127,000
- Jobs located here
- 8,801
- Daytime population
- 19,779Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waller County, TX | 89 | 5 | 2.7 | $4.4M | +21.9% | #16 of 1,656 |
| 2Chambers County, TX | 80 | 11 | 6.4 | $2M | +22.6% | #94 of 1,656 |
| 3Kaufman County, TX | 78 | 25 | 4.9 | $2.4M | +42.2% | #109 of 1,656 |
| 4Coryell County, TX | 77 | 6 | 2.2 | $4.7M | +3.0% | #112 of 1,656 |
| 5Hardin County, TX | 77 | 8 | 3.6 | $3.1M | +4.2% | #122 of 1,656 |
| 6Bastrop County, TX | 77 | 14 | 3.8 | $3.1M | +21.3% | #123 of 1,656 |
| 7Wilson County, TX | 76 | 8 | 4.4 | $2.8M | +12.2% | #137 of 1,656 |
| 8Upshur County, TX | 76 | 6 | 3.9 | $2.7M | +8.2% | #139 of 1,656 |
| 9Randall County, TX | 75 | 19 | 3.3 | $3.5M | +7.9% | #148 of 1,656 |
| 10Hill County, TX | 74 | 5 | 3.6 | $2.8M | +9.8% | #174 of 1,656 |
| 101Hockley County, TX | 21 | 10 | 12.6 | $837K | +0.5% | #1,537 of 1,656 |
Other business types in Hockley 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Hockley County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 primary care and pediatric clinics in Hockley County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. No official count is published for offices of physicians in Hockley County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hockley County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $8.4M a year, or $1,057 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $837K 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 7,915 households in Hockley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hockley County, TX compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Hockley County has 12.6 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $837K, 53% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Hockley County would have about 5, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Hockley County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hockley County at 21,600 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,915 households. Median household income in Hockley County is $63,140, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Hockley County scores 21 for primary care and pediatric clinics (low), #1,537 of 1,656 scored counties.
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