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Chiropractors in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for chiropractors in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #377 of 386 scored metro areas
#6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 24
- 2 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $44.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,073 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 102,259
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Paducah metro area scores 21 (low) on the Groundwork market score for chiropractors, ranking #377 of 386 scored metro areas and #6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 chiropractors in the Paducah metro area. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 7% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Households in the Paducah metro area spend about $44.8M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,073 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 24 chiropractors, that is $1.9M per practice, 22% 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.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in the Paducah metro area in 2023. That is one for every 2,608 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Paducah metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Paducah metro area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Paducah metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,608 | 3,812 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.4% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,073 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $64,160 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 242 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 the Paducah metro area, 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 the Paducah metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 102,259−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 41,735
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,236 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 83
- Median household income
- $64,160
- Average household income
- $88,236
- Median home value
- $168,700
- Jobs located here
- 48,716
- Daytime population
- 107,914Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Paducah metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 69 | 412 | 4.5 | $3.1M | +2.7% | #55 of 386 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 67 | 40 | 3.2 | $3.3M | +8.5% | #70 of 386 |
| 1Owensboro, KY | 57 | 16 | 3.5 | $3M | +1.3% | #135 of 386 |
| 2Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 52 | 245 | 4.4 | $2.7M | +2.9% | #173 of 386 |
| 3Bowling Green, KY | 50 | 30 | 4.1 | $2.5M | +9.5% | #188 of 386 |
| 4Lexington-Fayette, KY | 47 | 106 | 4.9 | $2.3M | +3.4% | #209 of 386 |
| 5Elizabethtown, KY | 45 | 23 | 4.5 | $2.3M | +2.4% | #222 of 386 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 40 | 70 | 4.6 | $2.3M | −2.6% | #264 of 386 |
| 6Paducah, KY-IL | 21 | 24 | 5.8 | $1.9M | −1.2% | #377 of 386 |
Other business types in the Paducah metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area?
There are 24 chiropractors on map listings in the Paducah metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $44.8M a year, or $1,073 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,735 households in the Paducah metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Paducah, KY-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Paducah metro area has 5.8 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $1.9M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Paducah metro area would have about 19, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,608 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Paducah, KY-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Paducah metro area at 102,259 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,735 households. Median household income in the Paducah metro area is $64,160, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Paducah metro area scores 21 for chiropractors (low), #377 of 386 scored metro areas.
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