Health care · Small-town market · Michigan
Chiropractors in the Houghton, MI area
The chiropractors in the Houghton, MI area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #307 of 426 scored small-town markets
#10 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,299 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 56% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,028
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 chiropractors in the Houghton area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 8.4 for every 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Houghton area comes to about $20.1M a year: $1,299 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 36% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in the Houghton area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 1,930 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Houghton area grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in the Houghton area is 38 (lower middle), #307 of 426 scored small-town markets and #10 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Houghton 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 | Houghton area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,930 | 3,063 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.7% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,299 | $1,412 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $58,128 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $785K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- 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 Houghton 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 Houghton area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,028+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 15,440
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,549 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $58,128+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,984
- Median home value
- $160,800
- Jobs located here
- 12,154
- Daytime population
- 38,592Residents 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 Houghton 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 |
| 10Houghton, MI | 38 | 13 | 8.4 | $1.5M | +1.8% | #307 of 426 |
Other business types in the Houghton area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in the Houghton, MI area?
There are 13 chiropractors on map listings in the Houghton area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Houghton, MI area spend on medical and dental services?
About $20.1M a year, or $1,299 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,440 households in the Houghton area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Houghton, MI area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Houghton area has 8.4 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 56% 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 national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Houghton area would have about 8, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,930 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Houghton, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Houghton area at 40,028 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,440 households. Median household income in the Houghton area is $58,128, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.5%, 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 Houghton area scores 38 for chiropractors (lower middle), #307 of 426 scored small-town markets.
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