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Kaufman County, TX — Dentists Saturation

How many dentists exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 10 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: General & family dentists · Orthodontists · Oral surgeons · Other dental specialists. Counted together because official statistics use one 621210 code.

Measured density: Well below average — 0.40× the U.S. rate (between 0.40× and 0.58× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 7 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 6 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

Well below the U.S. rate   Kaufman County dentists — 40–58% of the U.S. rate

27 dentists are counted in Kaufman County — 1.3 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 40% of the U.S. rate of 3.4.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 17% between 2015 and 2023 (23 → 27). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 75160 (Terrell), 75126 (Forney), 75142 (Kaufman) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 75142 (Kaufman), 75126 (Forney), 75160 (Terrell).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 40 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Kaufman County sits at 40% of the U.S. rate for dentists. 6 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 40% and 58% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 75160 and 75126; the lowest measured density is in 75142 and 75126.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing dentists and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Dentists
27–41
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (7 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
1.3
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
3.4
per 10,000 present
County index
0.40×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
40
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
183,309
9 ZIPs with data
Workers
36,313
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
197,829
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+34.4%
+50,660 people
Net migration 2024
+9,746
international +588, domestic +9,158
Jobs located here
34,699
LODES 2022, +17.5% since 2019

Kaufman County had an estimated 197,829 residents on July 1, 2024 — 34.4% more than in 2020 (+50,660). In the latest year it gained 11,114 people: births minus deaths +1,447, international migration +588, domestic migration +9,158. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

34,699 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+17.5% since 2019), and 76,738 employed residents lived there (+21.0% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits →  ·  Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
75126 Forney
+73.1%
75158 Scurry
+43.8%
75147 Mabank
+38.3%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change

No ZIP had a statistically significant decrease.

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses
37
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$387K
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$10K
gross, not profit

Census Nonemployer Statistics counts businesses with no paid employees — a separate universe from the employer establishments counted above; a business is in one or the other, never both. They are not storefronts by definition: many are home-based, mobile, or part-time.

We show them beside the density index, not inside it. In categories such as nail and beauty salons, child care, and pet care, one-person businesses can outnumber employer establishments, so the employer-only count understates how many businesses exist. That is not evidence of higher demand.

Receipts are gross revenue reported for these businesses — not profit, and not the size of the local market. Census publishes this only at county level, so it is not shown on the ZIP map. See methodology.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:
Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more dentists in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — up 17% since 2015

Number of dentists in Kaufman County across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

23
2015
31
2018
32
2020
33
2021
26
2022
27
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
75160 Terrell
85%
75126 Forney
46%
75142 Kaufman
36%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
75142 Kaufman
36%
75126 Forney
46%
75160 Terrell
85%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few dentists may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = dentists per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersDentists Per 10kIndexStatus
75160Terrell 28,20614,106 10 2.8 85% Below average
75126Forney 84,79912,124 14 1.5 46% Far below average
75142Kaufman 22,8224,723 3 1.2 36% Far below average
75114Crandall 9,333591 0–2 — — Not published
75118Elmo —71 0–2 — — Not published
75143Kemp 14,7091,536 0–2 — — Not published
75147Mabank 9,1772,419 0–2 — — Not published
75157Rosser 22780 0–2 — — Not published
75158Scurry 6,025359 0–2 — — Not published
75161Terrell 8,011375 0–2 — — Not published

Scroll the table sideways to see all columns.

Find an actual space in Terrell

The numbers above tell you how the market looks. To find a specific storefront, these marketplaces list available retail space for lease.

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Retail space for lease
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Census withholds some ZIP-by-industry cells to protect small businesses. 0–2 means the cell was not published (Census publishes industry counts only at 3+ per ZIP), so the ZIP is left unranked rather than counted as zero. ~ means the count is estimated from the broader industry group and can be off by a business or two.

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 621210 — offices of dentists. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. BLS QCEW (quarterly) is newer than ZBP — 2026 Q1 shows 40 establishments county-wide for this industry. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (3.35 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

Read the full methodology →  ·  Data sources & vintages →

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