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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Wetzel County, WV
How Wetzel County, WV 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 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,607 of 1,656 scored counties
#23 of 27 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.9M
- On medical and dental services · $967 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,734
- −4.6% since 2020
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What this means
For primary care and pediatric clinics, Wetzel County has a Groundwork market score of 14 (low): #1,607 of 1,656 scored counties and #23 of 27 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 primary care and pediatric clinics in Wetzel County. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.2, 14% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Wetzel County comes to about $5.9M a year: $967 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 34% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in Wetzel County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Wetzel County declined 4.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wetzel County compares
The same measures for West Virginia 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 | Wetzel County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.5M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 769 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.1% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $967 | $1,005 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $56,836 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 26 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Wetzel 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 Wetzel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,734−4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,113
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 358 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $56,836+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,103
- Median home value
- $107,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,984
- Daytime population
- 12,900Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 81 | 5 | 2.2 | $5.7M | +9.2% | #75 of 1,656 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 60 | 28 | 5.5 | $2.1M | +13.7% | #517 of 1,656 |
| 3Monongalia County, WV | 57 | 18 | 4.0 | $2.7M | +2.0% | #606 of 1,656 |
| 4Preston County, WV | 56 | 6 | 4.7 | $2.1M | −0.6% | #638 of 1,656 |
| 5Hampshire County, WV | 47 | 5 | 5.8 | $1.7M | +4.4% | #942 of 1,656 |
| 6Jackson County, WV | 45 | 6 | 5.2 | $1.9M | −1.0% | #1,006 of 1,656 |
| 7Upshur County, WV | 42 | 6 | 6.3 | $1.5M | −0.3% | #1,090 of 1,656 |
| 8Marion County, WV | 39 | 16 | 6.9 | $1.5M | −1.2% | #1,182 of 1,656 |
| 9Hancock County, WV | 34 | 8 | 6.2 | $1.6M | −4.5% | #1,298 of 1,656 |
| 10Mason County, WV | 33 | 7 | 6.9 | $1.4M | −2.7% | #1,325 of 1,656 |
| 23Wetzel County, WV | 14 | 5 | 8.2 | $1.2M | −4.6% | #1,607 of 1,656 |
Other business types in Wetzel 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 Wetzel County, WV?
Wetzel County has 5 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Wetzel County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wetzel County, WV spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.9M a year, or $967 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 6,113 households in Wetzel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wetzel County, WV compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
Wetzel County has 8.2 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.2M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Wetzel County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Wetzel County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Wetzel County at 13,734 people in 2025, down 4.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,113 households. The median household income in Wetzel County is $56,836 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. Wetzel County scores 14 for primary care and pediatric clinics (low), #1,607 of 1,656 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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