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Chiropractors in Pender County, NC

How Pender 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 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #102 of 1,490 scored counties
#8 of 54 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$28.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,140 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
51% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
72,111
+19.0% 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

Pender County scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for chiropractors, ranking #102 of 1,490 scored counties and #8 of 54 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for chiropractors.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 chiropractors in Pender County. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 3.2 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

At $1,140 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Pender County spend about $28.8M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $3.6M per practice, 51% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Pender County classed as offices of chiropractors. That is one for every 5,058 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $477K have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Pender County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pender County grew 19.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Pender 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 Pender County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasurePender CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.24.15.4
Spending per listing$3.6M$2.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment5,0584,0903,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.4%+0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+19.0%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,140$1,116$1,288
Median household income$80,396$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score7764

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$481K
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
12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$477K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Pender 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 Pender County

Population, 2025 estimate
72,111+19.0% since 2020
Households
25,291
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
871 sq. mi.
People per square mile
75
Median household income
$80,396+40.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,635
Median home value
$299,000
Jobs located here
14,661
Daytime population
52,912Residents 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 Pender 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

Other business types in Pender County

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

Questions

How many chiropractors are in Pender County, NC?

There are 8 chiropractors on map listings in Pender County 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 Pender County, NC spend on medical and dental services?

About $28.8M a year, or $1,140 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,291 households in Pender County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pender County has 3.2 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $3.6M, 51% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Pender County would have about 12, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,058 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.

How fast is Pender County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Pender County at 72,111 people in 2025, up 19.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,291 households. Median household income in Pender County is $80,396, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.5%, 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. 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. Pender County scores 77 for chiropractors (high), #102 of 1,490 scored counties.

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