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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Lamar County, TX
How Lamar 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,514 of 1,656 scored counties
#98 of 114 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 21
- 4 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 43
- −28.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $20.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,018 a household
- Spending per listing
- $971K
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 46% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,503
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
For primary care and pediatric clinics, Lamar County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #1,514 of 1,656 scored counties and #98 of 114 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Lamar County spend about $20.4M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,018 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $971K of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
Lamar County has 21 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 19%, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.5, 46% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Official counts show 43 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Lamar County in 2023, down 28.3% from 2019. That is one for every 466 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lamar County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lamar 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 | Lamar County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $971K | $1.3M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 466 | 486 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −28.3% | +1.9% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,018 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $61,880 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 60 → 43−28.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 454
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $47.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 40Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 214 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Lamar 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 Lamar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,503+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 20,019
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 907 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $61,880+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,971
- Median home value
- $200,700
- Jobs located here
- 21,013
- Daytime population
- 50,296Residents 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 |
| 98Lamar County, TX | 23 | 21 | 10.5 | $971K | +2.7% | #1,514 of 1,656 |
Other business types in Lamar 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics24
- Dentists and orthodontists30
- Primary care and pediatrics23
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors58
- Physical therapy20
- Optometrists and eye care49
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Lamar County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 primary care and pediatric clinics in Lamar County. 4 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 43 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, down 28.3% from 2019. Another 40 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lamar County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $20.4M a year, or $1,018 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $971K 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 20,019 households in Lamar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lamar County, TX compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Lamar County has 10.5 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $971K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Lamar County would have about 11, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 466 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count fell 28.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Lamar County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Lamar County at 51,503 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,019 households. Median household income in Lamar County is $61,880, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.2%, 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. Lamar County scores 23 for primary care and pediatric clinics (low), #1,514 of 1,656 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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