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Chiropractors in Whitley County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for chiropractors in Whitley County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,154 of 1,490 scored counties
#23 of 40 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.3M
- On medical and dental services · $906 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,297
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
For chiropractors, Whitley County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,154 of 1,490 scored counties and #23 of 40 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Whitley County spend about $12.3M a year on medical and dental services, or $906 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per practice, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
Whitley County has 8 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 5.9 per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in Whitley County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,514 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Whitley County. Population estimates show Whitley County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Whitley County 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 | Whitley County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,514 | 3,812 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.4% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $906 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $44,615 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $25K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Whitley 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 Whitley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,297+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 13,541
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 438 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 84
- Median household income
- $44,615+14.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,305
- Median home value
- $131,800
- Jobs located here
- 13,221
- Daytime population
- 37,057Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 73 | 10 | 4.3 | $3.3M | +4.9% | #170 of 1,490 |
| 2Shelby County, KY | 69 | 7 | 3.8 | $3M | +6.2% | #246 of 1,490 |
| 3Laurel County, KY | 67 | 5 | 2.1 | $4.7M | +1.6% | #272 of 1,490 |
| 4Kenton County, KY | 66 | 28 | 4.2 | $2.8M | +3.9% | #312 of 1,490 |
| 5Bullitt County, KY | 65 | 12 | 3.8 | $3M | +5.0% | #333 of 1,490 |
| 6Jessamine County, KY | 61 | 8 | 4.0 | $2.8M | +7.8% | #437 of 1,490 |
| 7Daviess County, KY | 60 | 15 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +1.5% | #454 of 1,490 |
| 8Scott County, KY | 54 | 12 | 5.3 | $2.2M | +8.2% | #631 of 1,490 |
| 9Warren County, KY | 51 | 26 | 4.7 | $2.3M | +10.6% | #707 of 1,490 |
| 10Woodford County, KY | 51 | 6 | 5.5 | $2.1M | +3.7% | #709 of 1,490 |
| 23Whitley County, KY | 35 | 8 | 5.9 | $1.5M | +1.6% | #1,154 of 1,490 |
Other business types in Whitley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in Whitley County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 chiropractors in Whitley 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 Whitley County, KY spend on medical and dental services?
About $12.3M a year, or $906 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 13,541 households in Whitley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Whitley County, KY compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
Whitley County has 5.9 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $1.5M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Whitley County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,514 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Whitley County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Whitley County at 37,297 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,541 households. The median household income in Whitley County is $44,615 a year, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.4% 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. Whitley County scores 35 for chiropractors (lower middle), #1,154 of 1,490 scored counties.
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