Health care · Small-town market · Missouri
Chiropractors in the Poplar Bluff, MO area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for chiropractors in the Poplar Bluff, MO area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #261 of 426 scored small-town markets
#8 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,169 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,904
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Poplar Bluff area comes to about $19.4M a year: $1,169 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per practice, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
There are 8 chiropractors on map listings in the Poplar Bluff area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in the Poplar Bluff area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 2,371 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $237K have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Poplar Bluff area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Poplar Bluff area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For chiropractors, the Poplar Bluff area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #261 of 426 scored small-town markets and #8 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.
How the Poplar Bluff 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 | Poplar Bluff area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,371 | 2,726 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,169 | $1,389 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $49,089 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $609K
- 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
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $237K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Poplar Bluff 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 Poplar Bluff area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,904−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,594
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $49,089
- Average household income
- $67,066
- Median home value
- $145,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,059
- Daytime population
- 43,334Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Poplar Bluff area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sedalia, MO | 73 | 7 | 4.1 | $3.1M | +2.9% | #30 of 426 |
| 2Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 70 | 7 | 4.2 | $3.1M | +0.8% | #51 of 426 |
| 3Warrensburg, MO | 69 | 11 | 5.2 | $2.5M | +4.9% | #61 of 426 |
| 4Sikeston, MO | 67 | 7 | 3.5 | $3.5M | −0.3% | #74 of 426 |
| 5Rolla, MO | 59 | 8 | 4.6 | $2.7M | +1.6% | #143 of 426 |
| 6Kirksville, MO | 54 | 6 | 5.8 | $2.2M | +1.9% | #179 of 426 |
| 7Lebanon, MO | 48 | 10 | 6.9 | $1.7M | +2.5% | #232 of 426 |
| 8Poplar Bluff, MO | 43 | 8 | 4.8 | $2.4M | −0.4% | #261 of 426 |
| 9Mexico, MO | 41 | 5 | 5.4 | $2.3M | −1.0% | #281 of 426 |
| 10Farmington, MO | 39 | 21 | 8.5 | $1.5M | +2.1% | #299 of 426 |
Other business types in the Poplar Bluff area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many chiropractors are in the Poplar Bluff, MO area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 chiropractors in the Poplar Bluff area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Poplar Bluff, MO area spend on medical and dental services?
About $19.4M a year, or $1,169 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 16,594 households in the Poplar Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Poplar Bluff, MO area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Poplar Bluff area has 4.8 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,371 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Poplar Bluff, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Poplar Bluff area at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. The median household income in the Poplar Bluff area is $49,089 a year, 39% 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. 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 Poplar Bluff area scores 43 for chiropractors (lower middle), #261 of 426 scored small-town markets.
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