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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Rusk County, TX
How Rusk 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #261 of 1,656 scored counties
#15 of 114 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,071 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 55% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,854
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 primary care and pediatric clinics in Rusk County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 29%, against 9% across the U.S. That comes to 3.9 for every 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Rusk County comes to about $19.3M a year: $1,071 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 55% 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 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Rusk County in 2023. That is one for every 1,288 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rusk County grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in Rusk County is 70 (upper middle), #261 of 1,656 scored counties and #15 of 114 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Rusk 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 | Rusk County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 8.7 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $1.3M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,288 | 486 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.9% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,071 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $68,658 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 108
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 72 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 Rusk 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 Rusk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,854+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 18,027
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 924 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $68,658+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,041
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Jobs located here
- 12,491
- Daytime population
- 43,759Residents 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 |
| 15Rusk County, TX | 70 | 7 | 3.9 | $2.8M | +5.0% | #261 of 1,656 |
Other business types in Rusk 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 Rusk County, TX?
There are 7 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in Rusk County as of September 2026. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Rusk County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $19.3M a year, or $1,071 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 18,027 households in Rusk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rusk County, TX compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Rusk County has 3.9 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $2.8M, 55% above the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Rusk County would have about 11, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,288 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.
How fast is Rusk County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Rusk County at 54,854 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,027 households. The median household income in Rusk County is $68,658 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% 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. Rusk County scores 70 for primary care and pediatric clinics (upper middle), #261 of 1,656 scored counties.
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