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Chiropractors in Polk County, IA
How Polk County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,083 of 1,490 scored counties
#13 of 57 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 246
- 23 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 145
- +8.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $309.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,505 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.0
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 516,546
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,505 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in Polk County spend about $309.1M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 246 chiropractors, that is $1.3M per practice, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
Polk County has 246 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 8% across the U.S. That is 12.0 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in Polk County was 145 in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,416 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Polk County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Polk County grew 4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in Polk County is 38 (lower middle), #1,083 of 1,490 scored counties and #13 of 57 scored counties in Iowa.
How Polk County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Polk County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.0 | 10.5 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,416 | 1,509 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.2% | −0.6% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,505 | $1,412 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $83,576 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 134 → 145+8.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 475
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 24623 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 129The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 516,546+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 205,358
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 573 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 879
- Median household income
- $83,576+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,398
- Median home value
- $262,100
- Jobs located here
- 309,340
- Daytime population
- 566,731Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Polk County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 54 | 39 | 9.2 | $1.8M | +17.8% | #642 of 1,490 |
| 2Jasper County, IA | 51 | 9 | 6.0 | $2.3M | +0.9% | #705 of 1,490 |
| 3Johnson County, IA | 50 | 55 | 8.7 | $1.7M | +4.6% | #747 of 1,490 |
| 4Pottawattamie County, IA | 49 | 24 | 6.4 | $2.2M | −0.7% | #770 of 1,490 |
| 5Warren County, IA | 49 | 19 | 9.2 | $1.7M | +9.0% | #782 of 1,490 |
| 6Webster County, IA | 45 | 8 | 5.2 | $2.5M | −0.4% | #878 of 1,490 |
| 7Marshall County, IA | 45 | 10 | 6.5 | $2.1M | −0.5% | #882 of 1,490 |
| 8Benton County, IA | 43 | 8 | 7.8 | $1.9M | +1.8% | #934 of 1,490 |
| 9Lee County, IA | 41 | 7 | 4.9 | $2.6M | −3.6% | #974 of 1,490 |
| 10Jones County, IA | 41 | 6 | 7.3 | $1.9M | +2.9% | #991 of 1,490 |
| 13Polk County, IA | 38 | 246 | 12.0 | $1.3M | +4.8% | #1,083 of 1,490 |
Other business types in Polk County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in Polk County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 246 chiropractors in Polk County. 23 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 145 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Polk County, IA spend on medical and dental services?
About $309.1M a year, or $1,505 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 246 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 205,358 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, IA compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
Polk County has 12.0 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $1.3M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Polk County would have about 129, against 246 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,416 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Polk County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 516,546 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 205,358 households. The median household income in Polk County is $83,576 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. Polk County scores 38 for chiropractors (lower middle), #1,083 of 1,490 scored counties.
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