Health care · Small-town market · Washington
Chiropractors in the Ellensburg, WA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for chiropractors in the Ellensburg, WA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #79 of 426 scored small-town markets
#5 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,285 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,803
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 chiropractors in the Ellensburg area. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
At $1,285 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Ellensburg area spend about $25.7M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 11 chiropractors, that is $2.3M per practice, 2% 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 5 businesses with payroll in the Ellensburg area classed as offices of chiropractors. That is one for every 3,999 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Ellensburg area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in the Ellensburg area is 67 (upper middle), #79 of 426 scored small-town markets and #5 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Ellensburg area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Ellensburg area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,999 | 2,462 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.1% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,285 | $1,446 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $73,804 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $841K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Ellensburg 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 Ellensburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,803+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 19,993
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 2,297 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $73,804+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,663
- Median home value
- $497,400
- Jobs located here
- 18,312
- Daytime population
- 44,464Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Ellensburg area marked.
Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelton, WA | 81 | 9 | 3.5 | $3.8M | +7.8% | #8 of 426 |
| 2Pullman, WA | 72 | 7 | 3.7 | $3.1M | +1.5% | #39 of 426 |
| 3Port Townsend, WA | 71 | 6 | 3.7 | $3.4M | +2.7% | #41 of 426 |
| 4Centralia, WA | 68 | 15 | 4.6 | $2.7M | +6.7% | #71 of 426 |
| 5Ellensburg, WA | 67 | 11 | 5.5 | $2.3M | +4.2% | #79 of 426 |
| 6Oak Harbor, WA | 61 | 16 | 4.4 | $3M | −1.5% | #128 of 426 |
| 7Moses Lake, WA | 52 | 20 | 5.7 | $2.1M | +6.3% | #199 of 426 |
| 8Port Angeles, WA | 46 | 19 | 5.4 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #241 of 426 |
| 9Aberdeen, WA | 45 | 19 | 6.2 | $1.9M | +3.0% | #249 of 426 |
Other business types in the Ellensburg area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in the Ellensburg, WA area?
The Ellensburg area has 11 chiropractors on map listings 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 the Ellensburg, WA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $25.7M a year, or $1,285 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,993 households in the Ellensburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ellensburg, WA area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Ellensburg area has 5.5 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 2% above 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 3,999 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ellensburg, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Ellensburg area at 48,803 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,993 households. Median household income in the Ellensburg area is $73,804, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.8%, 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. 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 Ellensburg area scores 67 for chiropractors (upper middle), #79 of 426 scored small-town markets.
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