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Chiropractors in Elk County, PA
How Elk County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,266 of 1,490 scored counties
#36 of 61 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,056 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,926
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Elk County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for chiropractors, ranking #1,266 of 1,490 scored counties and #36 of 61 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Elk County comes to about $14.1M a year: $1,056 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
There are 6 chiropractors on map listings in Elk County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Elk County classed as offices of chiropractors. That is one for every 2,221 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Elk County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Elk County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Elk County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,221 | 3,140 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.4% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,056 | $1,201 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $66,380 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $806K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Elk 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 Elk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,926−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,325
- Median age
- 47.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 827 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $66,380+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,773
- Median home value
- $133,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,876
- Daytime population
- 29,443Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Adams County, PA | 75 | 12 | 2.9 | $4.1M | +3.6% | #137 of 1,490 |
| 2York County, PA | 70 | 68 | 3.7 | $3.2M | +3.6% | #235 of 1,490 |
| 3Cumberland County, PA | 68 | 50 | 4.7 | $2.7M | +6.5% | #268 of 1,490 |
| 4Pike County, PA | 67 | 9 | 3.7 | $3.2M | +7.2% | #282 of 1,490 |
| 5Lebanon County, PA | 66 | 22 | 3.9 | $3M | +2.2% | #307 of 1,490 |
| 6Philadelphia County, PA | 64 | 175 | 2.6 | $4.2M | −1.6% | #343 of 1,490 |
| 7Chester County, PA | 63 | 123 | 6.0 | $2.5M | +4.2% | #384 of 1,490 |
| 8Dauphin County, PA | 62 | 46 | 3.8 | $3.1M | +2.3% | #399 of 1,490 |
| 9Delaware County, PA | 59 | 99 | 4.6 | $2.9M | +0.8% | #482 of 1,490 |
| 10Schuylkill County, PA | 57 | 23 | 4.0 | $2.7M | +1.5% | #541 of 1,490 |
| 36Elk County, PA | 30 | 6 | 4.5 | $2.3M | −3.3% | #1,266 of 1,490 |
Other business types in Elk County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in Elk County, PA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 chiropractors in Elk County. One of them (17%) 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 Elk County, PA spend on medical and dental services?
About $14.1M a year, or $1,056 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 13,325 households in Elk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elk County, PA compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
Elk County has 4.5 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $2.3M, 2% 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 2,221 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Elk County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Elk County at 29,926 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,325 households. The median household income in Elk County is $66,380 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Elk County scores 30 for chiropractors (lower middle), #1,266 of 1,490 scored counties.
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