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Chiropractors in the Ithaca, NY metro area
How the Ithaca, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #354 of 386 scored metro areas
#12 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 27
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $51.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,191 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 104,047
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For chiropractors, the Ithaca metro area has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #354 of 386 scored metro areas and #12 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 chiropractors in the Ithaca metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.2, 15% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Ithaca metro area comes to about $51.5M a year: $1,191 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 27 chiropractors, that is $1.9M per practice, 20% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in the Ithaca metro area classed as offices of chiropractors. That is one for every 2,884 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $550K has gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Ithaca metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ithaca metro area declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Ithaca metro area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Ithaca metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $3.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,884 | 4,247 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.7% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,191 | $1,278 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $74,024 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 270 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $550K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in the Ithaca 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 Ithaca metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 104,047−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 43,263
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 475 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 220
- Median household income
- $74,024+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,718
- Median home value
- $290,900
- Jobs located here
- 46,926
- Daytime population
- 111,478Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 63 | 158 | 4.1 | $3M | +1.9% | #91 of 386 |
| 2Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 60 | 14 | 2.9 | $3.7M | −3.9% | #107 of 386 |
| 3New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 60 | 3,292 | 4.5 | $3.1M | +0.6% | #112 of 386 |
| 4Elmira, NY | 56 | 11 | 3.1 | $3.4M | −3.9% | #144 of 386 |
| 5Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 55 | 127 | 5.0 | $2.7M | +3.0% | #156 of 386 |
| 6Binghamton, NY | 51 | 35 | 3.4 | $3.2M | −1.3% | #177 of 386 |
| 7Syracuse, NY | 45 | 127 | 4.7 | $2.5M | −1.3% | #220 of 386 |
| 8Utica-Rome, NY | 42 | 53 | 4.4 | $2.5M | −2.0% | #246 of 386 |
| 9Rochester, NY | 40 | 227 | 5.1 | $2.3M | −0.7% | #263 of 386 |
| 10Glens Falls, NY | 40 | 30 | 5.5 | $2.1M | −1.9% | #269 of 386 |
| 12Ithaca, NY | 27 | 27 | 6.2 | $1.9M | −1.4% | #354 of 386 |
Other business types in the Ithaca metro 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 Ithaca, NY metro area?
The Ithaca metro area has 27 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Ithaca, NY metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $51.5M a year, or $1,191 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,263 households in the Ithaca metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ithaca, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Ithaca metro area has 6.2 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $1.9M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Ithaca metro area would have about 22, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,884 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ithaca, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Ithaca metro area at 104,047 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,263 households. Median household income in the Ithaca metro area is $74,024, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, 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. The Ithaca metro area scores 27 for chiropractors (lower middle), #354 of 386 scored metro areas.
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