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Physical therapy clinics in the Visalia, CA metro area

How the Visalia, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #22 of 386 scored metro areas
#5 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
41
10 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
31
+10.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$174.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,220 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
77% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.9
46% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
485,146
+2.4% 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

For physical therapy clinics, the Visalia metro area has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #22 of 386 scored metro areas and #5 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for physical therapy clinics.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 physical therapy clinics in the Visalia metro area. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 24%, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Households in the Visalia metro area spend about $174.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,220 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 77% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which physical therapy clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Visalia metro area was 31 in 2023, up 10.7% from 2019. That is one for every 4,619 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Visalia metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Visalia metro area compares

The same measures for California 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 Visalia, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureVisalia metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.94.45.4
Spending per listing$4.3M$3.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment4,6192,5232,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+10.7%+32.7%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,220$1,464$1,288
Median household income$71,300$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score7668

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
31+10.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
249
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
73The 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 Visalia 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 Visalia metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
485,146+2.4% since 2020
Households
143,195
Median age
32.7
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
4,824 sq. mi.
People per square mile
99
Median household income
$71,300+43.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,178
Median home value
$330,100
Jobs located here
170,584
Daytime population
466,926Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in California, with the Visalia metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stockton-Lodi, CA86743.0$4.6M+5.5%#1 of 386
2Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA802883.3$4.4M+3.2%#6 of 386
3Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA794883.4$4.1M+3.5%#12 of 386
4Merced, CA77263.0$3.9M+5.1%#18 of 386
5Visalia, CA76412.9$4.3M+2.4%#22 of 386
6Vallejo, CA76573.6$4M+0.6%#24 of 386
7Hanford-Corcoran, CA74133.0$4.1M+1.0%#30 of 386
8Bakersfield-Delano, CA74973.4$3.6M+2.3%#32 of 386
9Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA72713.7$4M−0.4%#39 of 386
10Fresno, CA711323.6$3.5M+3.2%#46 of 386

Other business types in the Visalia 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 Visalia, CA metro area?

There are 41 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Visalia metro area as of September 2026. 10 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 10.7% from 2019.

How much do households in the Visalia, CA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $174.7M a year, or $1,220 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 143,195 households in the Visalia metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Visalia, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Visalia metro area has 2.9 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $4.3M, 77% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Visalia metro area would have about 73, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,619 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Visalia, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Visalia metro area at 485,146 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 143,195 households. The median household income in the Visalia metro area is $71,300 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.5% 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. The Visalia metro area scores 76 for physical therapy clinics (high), #22 of 386 scored metro areas.

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