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Health care · Small-town market · North Carolina

Chiropractors in the Elizabeth City, NC area

How the Elizabeth City, NC area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #190 of 426 scored small-town markets
#14 of 19 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.2M
On medical and dental services · $1,028 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.4
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,201
+4.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 chiropractors in the Elizabeth City area. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.4, 19% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Households in the Elizabeth City area spend about $16.2M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,028 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per practice, 3% 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 Elizabeth City area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,157 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Elizabeth City area grew 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For chiropractors, the Elizabeth City area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #190 of 426 scored small-town markets and #14 of 19 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina.

How the Elizabeth City area 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 Elizabeth City, NC area compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureElizabeth City areaNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.44.15.4
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,1574,0903,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.4%+0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.5%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,028$1,116$1,288
Median household income$66,589$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score5364

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$619K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Elizabeth City 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 Elizabeth City area

Population, 2025 estimate
42,201+4.5% since 2020
Households
15,785
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
227 sq. mi.
People per square mile
180
Median household income
$66,589
Average household income
$85,046
Median home value
$234,600
Jobs located here
15,323
Daytime population
38,788Residents 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 small-town markets in North Carolina for chiropractors, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Elizabeth City area marked.

Top small-town markets in North Carolina

Small-town markets in North Carolina ranked for chiropractors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Anderson Creek, NC8671.4$7.6M+12.3%#2 of 426
2Sanford, NC7962.4$4.3M+10.8%#11 of 426
3Morehead City, NC7492.8$3.9M+4.1%#25 of 426
4Kinston, NC7052.1$4.3M+1.4%#44 of 426
5New Bern, NC70163.1$3.3M+3.6%#50 of 426
6Kill Devil Hills, NC6774.2$3M+3.3%#76 of 426
7Albemarle, NC67114.4$2.3M+9.8%#80 of 426
8Brevard, NC6464.1$2.6M+2.9%#103 of 426
9Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC64153.9$2.6M+3.4%#105 of 426
10Mount Airy, NC62113.7$2.6M+1.3%#123 of 426
14Elizabeth City, NC5374.4$2.3M+4.5%#190 of 426

Other business types in the Elizabeth City area

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

Questions

How many chiropractors are in the Elizabeth City, NC area?

There are 7 chiropractors on map listings in the Elizabeth City area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.

How much do households in the Elizabeth City, NC area spend on medical and dental services?

About $16.2M a year, or $1,028 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,785 households in the Elizabeth City area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Elizabeth City, NC area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?

The Elizabeth City area has 4.4 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.3M, 3% below 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 3,157 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.

How fast is the Elizabeth City, NC area growing?

Population estimates put the Elizabeth City area at 42,201 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,785 households. Median household income in the Elizabeth City area is $66,589, 18% 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 Elizabeth City area scores 53 for chiropractors (upper middle), #190 of 426 scored small-town markets.

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