Health care · Small-town market · North Carolina
Chiropractors in the Morehead City, NC area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for chiropractors in the Morehead City, NC area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #25 of 426 scored small-town markets
#3 of 19 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,106 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 64% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,469
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Morehead City area scores 74 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for chiropractors, ranking #25 of 426 scored small-town markets and #3 of 19 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for chiropractors.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 chiropractors in the Morehead City area. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
At $1,106 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Morehead City area spend about $35.4M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 9 chiropractors, that is $3.9M per practice, 64% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which chiropractors share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in the Morehead City area in 2023. That is one for every 3,997 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Morehead City area grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Morehead 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.
| Measure | Morehead City area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $2.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,997 | 4,090 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.4% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,106 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $72,322 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- 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 the Morehead 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 Morehead City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,469+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 31,977
- Median age
- 49.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 508 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 136
- Median household income
- $72,322+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,351
- Median home value
- $333,300
- Jobs located here
- 23,748
- Daytime population
- 65,592Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for chiropractors, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Morehead City area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson Creek, NC | 86 | 7 | 1.4 | $7.6M | +12.3% | #2 of 426 |
| 2Sanford, NC | 79 | 6 | 2.4 | $4.3M | +10.8% | #11 of 426 |
| 3Morehead City, NC | 74 | 9 | 2.8 | $3.9M | +4.1% | #25 of 426 |
| 4Kinston, NC | 70 | 5 | 2.1 | $4.3M | +1.4% | #44 of 426 |
| 5New Bern, NC | 70 | 16 | 3.1 | $3.3M | +3.6% | #50 of 426 |
| 6Kill Devil Hills, NC | 67 | 7 | 4.2 | $3M | +3.3% | #76 of 426 |
| 7Albemarle, NC | 67 | 11 | 4.4 | $2.3M | +9.8% | #80 of 426 |
| 8Brevard, NC | 64 | 6 | 4.1 | $2.6M | +2.9% | #103 of 426 |
| 9Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 64 | 15 | 3.9 | $2.6M | +3.4% | #105 of 426 |
| 10Mount Airy, NC | 62 | 11 | 3.7 | $2.6M | +1.3% | #123 of 426 |
Other business types in the Morehead City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in the Morehead City, NC area?
There are 9 chiropractors on map listings in the Morehead City area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Morehead City, NC area spend on medical and dental services?
About $35.4M a year, or $1,106 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $3.9M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,977 households in the Morehead City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Morehead City, NC area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Morehead City area has 2.8 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $3.9M, 64% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Morehead City area would have about 15, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,997 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Morehead City, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Morehead City area at 70,469 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,977 households. Median household income in the Morehead City area is $72,322, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.5%, 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. 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 Morehead City area scores 74 for chiropractors (upper middle), #25 of 426 scored small-town markets.
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