Health care · Metro area · Missouri
Chiropractors in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for chiropractors in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #99 of 386 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 36
- 4 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $101.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,274 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,796
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,274 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Joplin metro area spend about $101.3M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $2.8M per practice, 18% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
The Joplin metro area has 36 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 11%, against 8% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in the Joplin metro area classed as offices of chiropractors. That is one for every 3,786 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Joplin metro area grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in the Joplin metro area is 62 (upper middle), #99 of 386 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the Joplin metro area compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Joplin metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,786 | 2,726 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,274 | $1,389 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $61,901 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 61
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 364 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The 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 Joplin 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 Joplin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,796+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 79,505
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,851 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $61,901
- Average household income
- $80,895
- Median home value
- $165,500
- Jobs located here
- 85,555
- Daytime population
- 203,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Joplin, MO-KS | 62 | 36 | 4.5 | $2.8M | +3.9% | #99 of 386 |
| 2Springfield, MO | 58 | 102 | 5.1 | $2.6M | +5.1% | #128 of 386 |
| 3Jefferson City, MO | 55 | 31 | 5.3 | $2.6M | +2.2% | #158 of 386 |
| 4Columbia, MO | 50 | 57 | 6.6 | $2.1M | +3.9% | #194 of 386 |
| 5St. Joseph, MO-KS | 42 | 23 | 4.9 | $2.7M | −2.0% | #245 of 386 |
| 6Kansas City, MO-KS | 41 | 785 | 8.8 | $1.7M | +3.4% | #260 of 386 |
| 7St. Louis, MO-IL | 38 | 854 | 7.4 | $2M | −0.2% | #288 of 386 |
| 8Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 35 | 29 | 7.6 | $1.7M | +1.7% | #317 of 386 |
Other business types in the Joplin metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 chiropractors in the Joplin metro area. 4 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $101.3M a year, or $1,274 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 79,505 households in the Joplin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Joplin, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Joplin metro area has 4.5 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.8M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Joplin metro area would have about 42, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,786 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Joplin, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Joplin metro area at 208,796 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 79,505 households. The median household income in the Joplin metro area is $61,901 a year, 23% 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 Joplin metro area scores 62 for chiropractors (upper middle), #99 of 386 scored metro areas.
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