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Chiropractors in Burke County, NC

How Burke County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #428 of 1,490 scored counties
#28 of 54 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$35.6M
On medical and dental services · $981 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
35% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
88,655
+1.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on medical and dental services in Burke County comes to about $35.6M a year: $981 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 chiropractors, that is $3.2M per practice, 35% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.

Burke County has 11 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 44% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in Burke County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 6,051 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Burke County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in Burke County is 61 (upper middle), #428 of 1,490 scored counties and #28 of 54 scored counties in North Carolina.

How Burke County compares

The same measures for North Carolina 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.

Chiropractors in Burke County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureBurke CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.04.15.4
Spending per listing$3.2M$2.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment6,0514,0903,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.4%+0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$981$1,116$1,288
Median household income$58,592$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score6164

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$940K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Burke County, 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 Burke County

Population, 2025 estimate
88,655+1.6% since 2020
Households
36,306
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
506 sq. mi.
People per square mile
173
Median household income
$58,592+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,743
Median home value
$185,400
Jobs located here
30,031
Daytime population
80,329Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Chiropractors across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for chiropractors, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Burke County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for chiropractors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chatham County, NC8882.4$5.3M+11.0%#9 of 1,490
2Harnett County, NC8371.4$7.6M+12.3%#28 of 1,490
3Orange County, NC81213.7$3.5M+6.1%#54 of 1,490
4Johnston County, NC80273.2$3.6M+17.9%#57 of 1,490
5Onslow County, NC78152.0$5.2M+6.0%#76 of 1,490
6Davidson County, NC77152.1$4.8M+6.6%#90 of 1,490
7Durham County, NC77473.3$3.6M+7.7%#101 of 1,490
8Pender County, NC7783.2$3.6M+19.0%#102 of 1,490
9Lincoln County, NC77133.5$3.3M+13.2%#104 of 1,490
10Randolph County, NC75101.7$5.8M+3.5%#126 of 1,490
28Burke County, NC61113.0$3.2M+1.6%#428 of 1,490

Other business types in Burke County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many chiropractors are in Burke County, NC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 chiropractors in Burke County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.

How much do households in Burke County, NC spend on medical and dental services?

About $35.6M a year, or $981 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 36,306 households in Burke County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Burke County, NC compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?

Burke County has 3.0 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $3.2M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Burke County would have about 15, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,051 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.

How fast is Burke County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Burke County at 88,655 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,306 households. The median household income in Burke County is $58,592 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. 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. Burke County scores 61 for chiropractors (upper middle), #428 of 1,490 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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