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Chiropractors in Dorchester County, SC
The chiropractors in Dorchester County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,134 of 1,490 scored counties
#23 of 27 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 56
- 13 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- +4.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $71.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 65% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 178,397
- +10.1% since 2020
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What this means
For chiropractors, Dorchester County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,134 of 1,490 scored counties and #23 of 27 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Dorchester County comes to about $71.9M a year: $1,138 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 56 chiropractors, that is $1.3M per practice, 46% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
Dorchester County has 56 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 8.9 for every 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in Dorchester County in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,430 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Dorchester County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dorchester County grew 10.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Dorchester County compares
The same measures for South 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 | Dorchester County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,430 | 3,357 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.0% | +9.2% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,138 | $1,086 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $78,198 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 26+4.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5613 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Dorchester 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 Dorchester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 178,397+10.1% since 2020
- Households
- 63,179
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 294
- Median household income
- $78,198+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,220
- Median home value
- $329,300
- Jobs located here
- 39,777
- Daytime population
- 129,933Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for chiropractors, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Dorchester County marked.
Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lancaster County, SC | 79 | 10 | 2.5 | $4.6M | +18.3% | #65 of 1,490 |
| 2Berkeley County, SC | 68 | 41 | 4.4 | $2.6M | +18.7% | #269 of 1,490 |
| 3Sumter County, SC | 66 | 5 | 1.2 | $8.1M | −0.3% | #293 of 1,490 |
| 4Kershaw County, SC | 66 | 9 | 3.3 | $3.2M | +11.6% | #304 of 1,490 |
| 5Anderson County, SC | 64 | 33 | 3.9 | $2.7M | +7.7% | #359 of 1,490 |
| 6Richland County, SC | 62 | 69 | 4.1 | $2.6M | +4.6% | #411 of 1,490 |
| 7Beaufort County, SC | 62 | 45 | 5.5 | $2.2M | +8.9% | #421 of 1,490 |
| 8Laurens County, SC | 60 | 8 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +6.2% | #451 of 1,490 |
| 9Newberry County, SC | 59 | 6 | 3.9 | $2.5M | +4.8% | #490 of 1,490 |
| 10Greenwood County, SC | 58 | 9 | 3.2 | $3M | +1.5% | #509 of 1,490 |
| 23Dorchester County, SC | 36 | 56 | 8.9 | $1.3M | +10.1% | #1,134 of 1,490 |
Other business types in Dorchester County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in Dorchester County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 chiropractors in Dorchester County. 13 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Dorchester County, SC spend on medical and dental services?
About $71.9M a year, or $1,138 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 63,179 households in Dorchester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dorchester County, SC compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
Dorchester County has 8.9 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $1.3M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Dorchester County would have about 30, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,430 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Dorchester County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Dorchester County at 178,397 people in 2025, up 10.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 63,179 households. The median household income in Dorchester County is $78,198 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.0% 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. Dorchester County scores 36 for chiropractors (lower middle), #1,134 of 1,490 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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