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Chiropractors in the Alma, MI area
How the Alma, MI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19M
- On medical and dental services · $1,284 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 98% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,190
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,284 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Alma area spend about $19M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 98% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
There are 4 chiropractors on map listings in the Alma area as of September 2026. That comes to 2.7 for every 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in the Alma area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,925 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Alma area declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 chiropractors on map listings, the Alma area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Alma area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Alma area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,925 | 3,063 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.7% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,284 | $1,412 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $63,556 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $298K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Alma 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 Alma area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,190−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 14,775
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $63,556+32.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,011
- Median home value
- $147,500
- Jobs located here
- 12,772
- Daytime population
- 39,987Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Alma area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holland, MI | 78 | 21 | 4.6 | $3.2M | +2.1% | #15 of 426 |
| 2Sturgis, MI | 73 | 10 | 4.2 | $3.1M | +0.1% | #29 of 426 |
| 3Owosso, MI | 70 | 10 | 3.6 | $3.7M | −0.4% | #47 of 426 |
| 4Mount Pleasant, MI | 68 | 9 | 3.6 | $3.4M | +0.3% | #66 of 426 |
| 5Big Rapids, MI | 66 | 8 | 4.8 | $2.6M | +4.7% | #84 of 426 |
| Marinette, WI-MI | 63 | 13 | 4.4 | $2.9M | +0.3% | #111 of 426 |
| 6Coldwater, MI | 61 | 10 | 5.9 | $2.2M | +2.5% | #130 of 426 |
| 7Hillsdale, MI | 60 | 8 | 4.5 | $2.9M | 0.0% | #137 of 426 |
| 8Cadillac, MI | 60 | 10 | 5.1 | $2.5M | +2.0% | #139 of 426 |
| 9Alpena, MI | 54 | 7 | 5.4 | $2.3M | −0.1% | #176 of 426 |
| Alma, MI | Not scored | 4 | 2.7 | $4.7M | −1.1% |
Other business types in the Alma area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Auto
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in the Alma, MI area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 chiropractors in the Alma area. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Alma, MI area spend on medical and dental services?
About $19M a year, or $1,284 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 14,775 households in the Alma area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Alma, MI area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Alma area has 2.7 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $4.7M, 98% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Alma area would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,925 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Alma, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Alma area at 41,190 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,775 households. The median household income in the Alma area is $63,556 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Alma area has no market score for chiropractors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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