Pelham, AL

Dental & Medical Practice Marketing in Pelham, AL

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

25,664residents (2025 estimate)
11NPI-registered dentists
$101,094median household income

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Residents

Pelham at a glance

Furthest from the US: share with a bachelor's degree or higher (47.2% against 35.7%), then share of residents who speak Spanish at home (10.3% against 13.6%).

  • Residents, July 2025 estimate25,664Up 6.2% from the April 2020 base of 24,161
  • Median household income$101,094Well above both Alabama ($63,999) and the US ($80,734)
  • Median age40.0Close to both Alabama (39.3) and the US (38.9)
  • Residents 65 and older18.3%Close to Alabama (17.8%), above the US (17.2%)
  • Bachelor's degree or higher (residents 25+)47.2%Well above both Alabama (28.4%) and the US (35.7%)
  • Speak Spanish at home (residents 5+)10.3%Well above Alabama (3.9%), well below the US (13.6%)

Beside Hoover, 5 miles away, Pelham differs most on the share who speak Spanish at home: 10.3% against 3.5%; next comes the share with a bachelor's degree or higher (47.2% against 62.6%).

Local context

Local healthcare landscape in Pelham

UAB Medicine lists a UAB Callahan Eye clinic at 3143 Pelham Parkway, Suite 200 in Pelham, and says it offers comprehensive eye care for adults and children. Plan Pelham, the city's updated Comprehensive Plan, is marked adopted January 9, 2020, and the city's Comprehensive Plan page says it will serve as a guide for future development. Plan Pelham numbers its areas, with Area 3 for Pelham City Center, described as the area residents call the City Center, and Area 4 for Blueberry Hill, located off County Road 52. It names the Chandalar, Chase Creek and Creekview neighborhoods, and it also lists Oak Mountain Estates and Mallard Point as places with neighborhood parks.

Neighborhoods and areas

  • Pelham City Center
  • Blueberry Hill
  • Chandalar
  • Chase Creek
  • Creekview
  • Oak Mountain Estates
  • Mallard Point

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Providers

Who practices in Pelham

NPI-registered providers with a practice address in Pelham, by primary specialty (people, not offices). Per resident, Pelham is furthest above the US among optometrists (2.7 times the US rate) and lowest among plastic surgeons (none registered).

SpecialtyIn PelhamResidents per providerUSAgainst the US
Dentists111 per 2,3331 per 1,340Well below
Chiropractors121 per 2,1391 per 3,311Well above
Dermatologists0–1 per 17,857Well below
Physical therapistsNot shown–––
Optometrists131 per 1,9741 per 5,291Well above
Podiatrists0–1 per 14,706Well below
Plastic surgeons0–1 per 58,824Well below

Counts for physical therapists are not shown: the NPI registry search returns at most 1,200 records per query, so the count would only be a lower bound.

Employers

Private-sector health care employers in Shelby County, 2024

Annual averages for 2024, county-wide. 30.5% of these establishments are offices of other health practitioners, above the US share of 27.8%.

  • Ambulatory health care establishments511Average employment 4,922
  • Offices of physicians158
  • Offices of dentists98
  • Offices of other health practitioners156
Our plan

What we'd prioritize for a Pelham practice

Chosen by fixed rules from the figures above.

  1. Room to stand out for dermatologists

    No NPI-registered dermatologists list a practice address in Pelham (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. A crowded field for optometrists

    Pelham has 2.7 times the US number of NPI-registered optometrists per resident, one for every 1,974 residents. A optometrist here needs a clear focus and real reviews: see our marketing for optometrists.

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

    Pelham grew by 1,503 residents (+6.2%) between April 2020 and July 2025. With that many new residents, we would start with maps and directory listings.

  4. Put elective and cash-pay services first

    Pelham has a median household income of $101,094; the US median is $80,734. We would give elective work its own pages and budget, backed by Google and Facebook ads.

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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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