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Chiropractors in Polk County, WI
How Polk County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,019 of 1,490 scored counties
#29 of 56 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,409 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 52% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,803
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 chiropractors in Polk County. None of them are chain locations, against 8% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
At $1,409 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in Polk County spend about $27.5M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 28% 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 10 businesses with payroll in Polk County classed as offices of chiropractors. That is one for every 1,954 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Polk County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in Polk County is 40 (lower middle), #1,019 of 1,490 scored counties and #29 of 56 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Polk County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Polk County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 7.3 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,954 | 2,298 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,409 | $1,435 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $77,219 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- 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
- 12The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,803+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 19,542
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 914 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $77,219+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,913
- Median home value
- $271,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,552
- Daytime population
- 37,385Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oconto County, WI | 73 | 6 | 3.6 | $3.9M | +2.9% | #166 of 1,490 |
| 2Milwaukee County, WI | 66 | 165 | 4.2 | $3.2M | −1.5% | #303 of 1,490 |
| 3Calumet County, WI | 64 | 11 | 5.1 | $2.9M | +2.9% | #353 of 1,490 |
| 4Waushara County, WI | 63 | 5 | 4.7 | $2.8M | +2.8% | #378 of 1,490 |
| 5Racine County, WI | 62 | 43 | 5.3 | $2.7M | +0.4% | #406 of 1,490 |
| 6Vilas County, WI | 61 | 5 | 4.5 | $3M | +2.9% | #430 of 1,490 |
| 7Rock County, WI | 61 | 33 | 4.9 | $2.8M | +1.7% | #435 of 1,490 |
| 8Dodge County, WI | 59 | 15 | 4.2 | $3.3M | −0.3% | #473 of 1,490 |
| 9Kenosha County, WI | 59 | 34 | 4.9 | $3M | −0.4% | #477 of 1,490 |
| 10Dane County, WI | 54 | 191 | 7.6 | $2.1M | +4.9% | #637 of 1,490 |
| 29Polk County, WI | 40 | 16 | 8.2 | $1.7M | +1.7% | #1,019 of 1,490 |
Other business types in Polk 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 Polk County, WI?
Polk County has 16 chiropractors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in Polk County, WI spend on medical and dental services?
About $27.5M a year, or $1,409 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,542 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, WI compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
Polk County has 8.2 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $1.7M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, Polk County would have about 12, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,954 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Polk County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 45,803 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,542 households. Median household income in Polk County is $77,219, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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. Polk County scores 40 for chiropractors (lower middle), #1,019 of 1,490 scored counties.
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