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Chiropractors in Marion County, AL

How Marion County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,192 of 1,490 scored counties
#26 of 28 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.8M
On medical and dental services · $926 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.7
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,097
−0.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Marion County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for chiropractors, ranking #1,192 of 1,490 scored counties and #26 of 28 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Marion County comes to about $9.8M a year: $926 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.

Marion County has 5 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in Marion County in 2023. That is one for every 3,538 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marion County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Marion County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the chiropractors counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Chiropractors in Marion County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureMarion CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.73.65.4
Spending per listing$2M$2.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,5384,4683,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$926$1,050$1,288
Median household income$50,088$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score3364

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$268K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 chiropractors in Marion 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 Marion County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,097−0.3% since 2020
Households
10,614
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
742 sq. mi.
People per square mile
39
Median household income
$50,088+39.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,942
Median home value
$106,600
Jobs located here
11,037
Daytime population
27,359Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Chiropractors across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Marion County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for chiropractors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Clair County, AL7561.7$6.3M+7.1%#125 of 1,490
2Autauga County, AL7552.2$5.1M+5.1%#128 of 1,490
3Coffee County, AL7552.4$4.4M+6.3%#131 of 1,490
4Elmore County, AL7451.5$7.3M+4.2%#149 of 1,490
5Lee County, AL72213.0$3.5M+8.6%#183 of 1,490
6Shelby County, AL71394.5$2.8M+6.5%#218 of 1,490
7Limestone County, AL69194.6$2.5M+18.0%#249 of 1,490
8Chilton County, AL6852.8$3.6M+5.9%#254 of 1,490
9Talladega County, AL6572.1$4.6M+0.3%#317 of 1,490
10Tuscaloosa County, AL61323.6$3M+3.8%#431 of 1,490
26Marion County, AL3354.7$2M−0.3%#1,192 of 1,490

Other business types in Marion County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many chiropractors are in Marion County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 chiropractors in Marion County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.

How much do households in Marion County, AL spend on medical and dental services?

About $9.8M a year, or $926 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which chiropractors share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,614 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Marion County, AL compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?

Marion County has 4.7 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Marion County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,538 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.

How fast is Marion County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Marion County at 29,097 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,614 households. The median household income in Marion County is $50,088 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.4% 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. Marion County scores 33 for chiropractors (lower middle), #1,192 of 1,490 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for chiropractors · All 56 business types in Marion County

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