Cottage Grove, MN

Cottage Grove, MN: Marketing for Dental & Medical Practices

Public data on Cottage Grove, and what we would do first for a practice there because of it.

43,604residents (2025 estimate)
21NPI-registered dentists
$120,791median household income

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Local context

Local healthcare landscape in Cottage Grove

M Health Fairview Clinic in Cottage Grove, at 6936 Pine Arbor Drive South, describes itself as a community clinic with onsite lab services. M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital is at 1925 Woodwinds Drive in Woodbury, and its campus includes a full-service hospital and emergency care department, doctors' offices and outpatient services. Cottage Grove's comprehensive plan describes critical development and redevelopment areas in the community such as the Harkness neighborhood, the Business Park, BRT station areas and the East Ravine neighborhood. It calls for maintaining the unique and historic character of Old Cottage Grove and Cedarhurst Mansion, and describes a vision for the Langdon Area called Langdon Village. It refers to the station area at Highway 61 and 80th Street as the Gateway North District and the one at Highway 61 and Jamaica Avenue as the Cottage View District. A land use policy also calls for planning the future development of Lower Grey Cloud Island.

Residents

Cottage Grove at a glance

The two figures furthest from the US are the share of residents who speak Spanish at home (5.3% against 13.6%) and the median household income ($120,791 against $80,734).

  • Residents, July 2025 estimate43,604Up 12.3% from the April 2020 base of 38,834
  • Median household income$120,791Well above both Minnesota ($89,062) and the US ($80,734)
  • Median age36.5Below both Minnesota (38.8) and the US (38.9)
  • Residents 65 and older14.1%Below both Minnesota (17.3%) and the US (17.2%)
  • Bachelor's degree or higher (residents 25+)40.8%Above both Minnesota (39.4%) and the US (35.7%)
  • Speak Spanish at home (residents 5+)5.3%Well above Minnesota (4.2%), well below the US (13.6%)

Beside Woodbury, 6 miles away, Cottage Grove differs most on the share with a bachelor's degree or higher: 40.8% against 61.3%; next comes the share who speak Spanish at home (5.3% against 4.2%).

Providers

Who practices in Cottage Grove

People, not offices: each row counts NPI-registered providers whose practice address is in Cottage Grove, by primary specialty. Per resident, Cottage Grove is furthest above the US among chiropractors (1.5 times the US rate) and lowest among plastic surgeons (none registered).

SpecialtyIn Cottage GroveResidents per providerUSAgainst the US
Dentists211 per 2,0761 per 1,340Well below
Chiropractors201 per 2,1801 per 3,311Well above
Dermatologists0–1 per 17,857Well below
Physical therapists181 per 2,4221 per 1,181Well below
Optometrists51 per 8,7211 per 5,291Well below
Podiatrists0–1 per 14,706Well below
Plastic surgeons0–1 per 58,824Well below
Employers

Private-sector health care employers in Washington County, 2024

2024 annual averages for the whole county. Offices of dentists are 28.0% of them, well above the US share of 18.5%.

  • Ambulatory health care establishments422Average employment 7,454
  • Offices of physicians98
  • Offices of dentists118
  • Offices of other health practitioners139
Our plan

What we'd prioritize for a Cottage Grove practice

Picked from the figures above by fixed rules.

  1. An opening for dermatologists

    None of the NPI-registered dermatologists list a practice address in Cottage Grove; nationally there is one for every 17,857 residents. That leaves fewer local competitors for a dermatologist in search; see our marketing for dermatologists.

  2. Be easy to find for people who just moved here

    Cottage Grove grew by 4,770 residents (+12.3%) between April 2020 and July 2025. For that many new residents, maps and directory listings come first.

  3. Start local SEO early

    Across the seven provider groups on this page, Cottage Grove has 14.7 NPI-registered providers per 10,000 residents, against 22.3 for the US. The thinnest group is dermatologists, with none registered. With fewer competitors to outrank, local SEO comes first.

  4. Stand out among the dental offices nearby

    Dentist offices make up 28.0% of the private-sector ambulatory health care establishments in Washington County, against 18.5% nationally. Here a dental practice should be known for one thing; see our dental practice marketing.

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Sources

Provider counts use each NPI record’s practice ZIP code, split between places by where the ZIP’s 2020 census residents live.

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