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Chiropractors in New Castle County, DE
How New Castle County, DE compares with other counties and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #903 of 1,490 scored counties
#3 of 3 scored counties in Delaware
- Listings
- 141
- 17 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 83
- +5.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $277.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,237 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 588,026
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 141 chiropractors in New Castle County. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 6.3 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
At $1,237 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in New Castle County spend about $277.4M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 141 chiropractors, that is $2M per practice, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which chiropractors share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 83 businesses with payroll in New Castle County classed as offices of chiropractors, up 5.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,701 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in New Castle County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of New Castle County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For chiropractors, New Castle County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #903 of 1,490 scored counties and #3 of 3 scored counties in Delaware.
How New Castle County compares
The same measures for Delaware 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.
| Measure | New Castle County | Delaware | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,701 | 3,216 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.1% | +5.9% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +6.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,237 | $1,194 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $91,166 | $84,954 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 79 → 83+5.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 428
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14117 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 116The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in New Castle 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 New Castle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 588,026+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 224,173
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 426 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,356
- Median household income
- $91,166+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,517
- Median home value
- $352,200
- Jobs located here
- 298,174
- Daytime population
- 607,117Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in New Castle County?
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Every Delaware market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Delaware for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Delaware, with New Castle County marked.
Top counties in Delaware
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sussex County, DE | 69 | 49 | 4.6 | $2.5M | +16.1% | #248 of 1,490 |
| 2Kent County, DE | 55 | 33 | 4.6 | $2.4M | +6.8% | #596 of 1,490 |
| 3New Castle County, DE | 44 | 141 | 6.3 | $2M | +3.0% | #903 of 1,490 |
Other business types in New Castle County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Questions
How many chiropractors are in New Castle County, DE?
There are 141 chiropractors on map listings in New Castle County as of September 2026. 17 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, up 5.1% from 2019.
How much do households in New Castle County, DE spend on medical and dental services?
About $277.4M a year, or $1,237 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 141 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 224,173 households in New Castle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does New Castle County, DE compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
New Castle County has 6.3 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, New Castle County would have about 116, against 141 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,701 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is New Castle County, DE growing?
Population estimates put New Castle County at 588,026 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,173 households. Median household income in New Castle County is $91,166, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. New Castle County scores 44 for chiropractors (lower middle), #903 of 1,490 scored counties.
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