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Physical therapy clinics in Dale County, AL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for physical therapy clinics in Dale County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #468 of 1,422 scored counties
#7 of 35 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
6
3 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19M
On medical and dental services · $965 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
32% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
49,912
+1.3% 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

At $965 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Dale County spend about $19M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 6 physical therapy clinics, that is $3.2M per clinic, 32% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

Dale County has 6 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 44% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Dale County classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 4,932 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Dale County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in Dale County is 59 (upper middle), #468 of 1,422 scored counties and #7 of 35 scored counties in Alabama.

How Dale County 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 Dale County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureDale CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.05.05.4
Spending per listing$3.2M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment4,9322,6992,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+33.1%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$965$1,050$1,288
Median household income$54,963$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score5948

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
63 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Dale 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 Dale County

Population, 2025 estimate
49,912+1.3% since 2020
Households
19,727
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
561 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$54,963+16.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,266
Median home value
$143,500
Jobs located here
15,272
Daytime population
47,928Residents 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 counties in Alabama for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Dale County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Clair County, AL8172.0$5.4M+7.1%#45 of 1,422
2Limestone County, AL71153.7$3.2M+18.0%#205 of 1,422
3Coffee County, AL7173.3$3.2M+6.3%#207 of 1,422
4Autauga County, AL6083.5$3.2M+5.1%#435 of 1,422
5Elmore County, AL60134.0$2.8M+4.2%#445 of 1,422
6Blount County, AL5962.7$3.8M+1.8%#463 of 1,422
7Dale County, AL5963.0$3.2M+1.3%#468 of 1,422
8Chilton County, AL5963.4$3M+5.9%#470 of 1,422
9Lee County, AL58334.8$2.2M+8.6%#512 of 1,422
10Tuscaloosa County, AL57384.2$2.5M+3.8%#537 of 1,422

Other business types in Dale County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in Dale County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 physical therapy clinics in Dale County. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in Dale County, AL spend on medical and dental services?

About $19M a year, or $965 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 19,727 households in Dale County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Dale County, AL compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

Dale County has 3.0 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $3.2M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Dale County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,932 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is Dale County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Dale County at 49,912 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,727 households. Median household income in Dale County is $54,963, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.4%, 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. Dale County scores 59 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #468 of 1,422 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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