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Physical therapy clinics in the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area

The physical therapy clinics in the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #360 of 386 scored metro areas
#12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama

Listings
25
9 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$43.5M
On medical and dental services · $966 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
4% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
115,834
−0.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in the Anniston-Oxford metro area is 25 (lower middle), #360 of 386 scored metro areas and #12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Anniston-Oxford metro area comes to about $43.5M a year: $966 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per clinic, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

The Anniston-Oxford metro area has 25 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 36%, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.6, 4% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Anniston-Oxford metro area was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 3,001 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Anniston-Oxford metro area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Anniston-Oxford metro area compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the physical therapy clinics counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Physical therapy in Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureAnniston-Oxford metro areaAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.65.05.4
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,0012,6992,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+33.1%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$966$1,050$1,288
Median household income$55,029$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score2548

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15
Employees, 2023
110
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
259 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Anniston-Oxford metro 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 Anniston-Oxford metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
115,834−0.3% since 2020
Households
45,015
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
606 sq. mi.
People per square mile
192
Median household income
$55,029+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,223
Median home value
$156,600
Jobs located here
42,167
Daytime population
116,114Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Alabama

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Anniston-Oxford metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Alabama

Metro areas in Alabama ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Decatur, AL58223.5$3M+2.5%#138 of 386
2Auburn-Opelika, AL57344.4$2.4M+7.1%#145 of 386
3Tuscaloosa, AL54434.1$2.5M+2.9%#160 of 386
4Huntsville, AL501115.4$2.2M+12.5%#191 of 386
Columbus, GA-AL43493.8$2.6M−1.3%#238 of 386
5Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL42686.9$1.6M+14.8%#257 of 386
6Montgomery, AL40684.5$2.3M+0.9%#261 of 386
7Mobile, AL36774.8$2.1M−0.7%#304 of 386
8Dothan, AL36335.4$1.8M+3.4%#308 of 386
9Gadsden, AL31184.6$2.1M+0.4%#331 of 386
12Anniston-Oxford, AL25255.6$1.7M−0.3%#360 of 386

Other business types in the Anniston-Oxford metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 physical therapy clinics in the Anniston-Oxford metro area. 9 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $43.5M a year, or $966 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which physical therapy clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,015 households in the Anniston-Oxford metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Anniston-Oxford metro area has 5.6 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.7M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Anniston-Oxford metro area would have about 18, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,001 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Anniston-Oxford metro area at 115,834 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,015 households. Median household income in the Anniston-Oxford metro area is $55,029, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.5%, 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. The Anniston-Oxford metro area scores 25 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #360 of 386 scored metro areas.

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