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Chiropractors in Wood County, WV
How Wood County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,425 of 1,490 scored counties
#12 of 13 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 20
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.5M
- On medical and dental services · $991 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,385
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Wood County scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for chiropractors, ranking #1,425 of 1,490 scored counties and #12 of 13 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Wood County spend about $35.5M a year on medical and dental services, or $991 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors.
Wood County has 20 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in Wood County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 2,240 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Wood County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wood County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wood County compares
The same measures for West Virginia 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 | Wood County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 2.8 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,240 | 6,175 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.8% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $991 | $1,005 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $57,810 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 69
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 200 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of chiropractors in Wood 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 Wood County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,385−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 35,836
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 367 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 228
- Median household income
- $57,810+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,213
- Median home value
- $158,500
- Jobs located here
- 37,360
- Daytime population
- 85,425Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for chiropractors, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Wood County marked.
Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 84 | 7 | 3.1 | $4.1M | +9.2% | #24 of 1,490 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 83 | 12 | 2.4 | $4.8M | +13.7% | #32 of 1,490 |
| 3Monongalia County, WV | 67 | 12 | 2.7 | $4.1M | +2.0% | #276 of 1,490 |
| 4Raleigh County, WV | 56 | 7 | 2.4 | $3.9M | −3.5% | #557 of 1,490 |
| 5Kanawha County, WV | 42 | 30 | 3.9 | $2.6M | −4.3% | #946 of 1,490 |
| 6Marion County, WV | 42 | 10 | 4.3 | $2.4M | −1.2% | #948 of 1,490 |
| 7Harrison County, WV | 41 | 9 | 3.4 | $3M | −2.5% | #972 of 1,490 |
| 8Putnam County, WV | 37 | 12 | 5.2 | $2.2M | −1.0% | #1,087 of 1,490 |
| 9Fayette County, WV | 35 | 5 | 3.1 | $3M | −5.6% | #1,138 of 1,490 |
| 10Randolph County, WV | 30 | 5 | 4.7 | $2.1M | −3.6% | #1,267 of 1,490 |
| 12Wood County, WV | 20 | 20 | 5.6 | $1.8M | −2.1% | #1,425 of 1,490 |
Other business types in Wood County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many chiropractors are in Wood County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 chiropractors in Wood County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in Wood County, WV spend on medical and dental services?
About $35.5M a year, or $991 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 35,836 households in Wood County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wood County, WV compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
Wood County has 5.6 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $1.8M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Wood County would have about 15, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,240 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Wood County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Wood County at 82,385 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,836 households. The median household income in Wood County is $57,810 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.2% 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. Wood County scores 20 for chiropractors (low), #1,425 of 1,490 scored counties.
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