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Chiropractors in Brown County, SD
How Brown County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,378 of 1,490 scored counties
#11 of 12 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,370 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 81% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,561
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Brown County scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for chiropractors, ranking #1,378 of 1,490 scored counties and #11 of 12 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 chiropractors in Brown County. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 9.8 per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
At $1,370 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Brown County spend about $22.3M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $1.4M per practice, 42% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Brown County classed as offices of chiropractors. That is one for every 1,480 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Population estimates show Brown County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Brown County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Brown County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 10.1 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,480 | 1,439 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.0% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,370 | $1,402 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $70,898 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $891K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,561−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,285
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,713 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $70,898+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,772
- Median home value
- $221,100
- Jobs located here
- 19,972
- Daytime population
- 38,336Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Meade County, SD | 74 | 5 | 4.2 | $3.4M | +2.7% | #158 of 1,490 |
| 2Lawrence County, SD | 42 | 11 | 9.1 | $1.5M | +14.0% | #969 of 1,490 |
| 3Minnehaha County, SD | 40 | 92 | 10.8 | $1.3M | +7.6% | #1,028 of 1,490 |
| 4Lincoln County, SD | 40 | 44 | 15.8 | $1M | +17.5% | #1,031 of 1,490 |
| 5Yankton County, SD | 37 | 10 | 10.3 | $1.3M | +1.5% | #1,106 of 1,490 |
| 6Pennington County, SD | 37 | 54 | 11.6 | $1.2M | +6.6% | #1,111 of 1,490 |
| 7Brookings County, SD | 35 | 18 | 13.0 | $1M | +9.6% | #1,160 of 1,490 |
| 8Union County, SD | 33 | 12 | 16.4 | $945K | +3.3% | #1,216 of 1,490 |
| 9Codington County, SD | 30 | 16 | 12.8 | $1M | +4.3% | #1,284 of 1,490 |
| 10Hughes County, SD | 29 | 7 | 9.7 | $1.5M | −0.9% | #1,304 of 1,490 |
| 11Brown County, SD | 24 | 16 | 9.8 | $1.4M | −1.7% | #1,378 of 1,490 |
Other business types in Brown County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in Brown County, SD?
There are 16 chiropractors on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in Brown County, SD spend on medical and dental services?
About $22.3M a year, or $1,370 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,285 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, SD compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
Brown County has 9.8 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $1.4M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Brown County would have about 9, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,480 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Brown County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 37,561 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,285 households. Median household income in Brown County is $70,898, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Brown County scores 24 for chiropractors (low), #1,378 of 1,490 scored counties.
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