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Physical therapy clinics in the Paragould, AR area

How the Paragould, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #149 of 400 scored small-town markets
#1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.5M
On medical and dental services · $972 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.9
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
47,411
+3.4% 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

Households in the Paragould area spend about $17.5M a year on medical and dental services, or $972 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 physical therapy clinics, that is $2.5M per clinic, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

The Paragould area has 7 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 3.9 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Paragould area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 4,499 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Paragould area grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For physical therapy clinics, the Paragould area has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #149 of 400 scored small-town markets and #1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.

How the Paragould area compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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 Paragould, AR area compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureParagould areaArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.95.55.4
Spending per listing$2.5M$1.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment4,4991,5562,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.5%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.4%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$972$1,022$1,288
Median household income$57,839$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score5820

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
83
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Paragould 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 Paragould area

Population, 2025 estimate
47,411+3.4% since 2020
Households
17,994
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
577 sq. mi.
People per square mile
80
Median household income
$57,839+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,756
Median home value
$169,300
Jobs located here
21,057
Daytime population
48,090Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Paragould area marked.

Top small-town markets in Arkansas

Small-town markets in Arkansas ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Paragould, AR5873.9$2.5M+3.4%#149 of 400
2Pine Bluff, AR4393.3$2.8M−5.6%#254 of 400
3Russellville, AR40113.4$2.9M+1.6%#272 of 400
4Searcy, AR36134.4$2.2M+4.2%#304 of 400
5Batesville, AR26117.5$1.3M+2.2%#357 of 400
6Harrison, AR23115.9$1.6M+2.4%#368 of 400
7Mountain Home, AR17189.3$1M+3.1%#386 of 400
8El Dorado, AR1296.0$1.6M−5.2%#392 of 400
9Magnolia, AR1267.1$1.3M−3.7%#393 of 400

Other business types in the Paragould area

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Paragould, AR area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 physical therapy clinics in the Paragould area. None of them 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 the Paragould, AR area spend on medical and dental services?

About $17.5M a year, or $972 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 17,994 households in the Paragould area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Paragould, AR area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Paragould area has 3.9 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.5M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,499 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Paragould, AR area growing?

Population estimates put the Paragould area at 47,411 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,994 households. Median household income in the Paragould area is $57,839, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, 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 Paragould area scores 58 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #149 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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