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Physical therapy clinics in Effingham County, IL

How Effingham County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #947 of 1,422 scored counties
#37 of 41 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20M
On medical and dental services · $1,430 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.5
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,519
−0.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 physical therapy clinics in Effingham County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 6.5 for every 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

At $1,430 per household (11% above the U.S. average), households in Effingham County spend about $20M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 9 physical therapy clinics, that is $2.2M per clinic, 8% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Effingham County classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 1,550 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Effingham County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Effingham County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #947 of 1,422 scored counties and #37 of 41 scored counties in Illinois.

How Effingham County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Effingham County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureEffingham CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.56.15.4
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,5501,9792,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.8%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,430$1,517$1,288
Median household income$80,404$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score4149

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 9
Employees, 2023
27
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
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 Effingham 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 Effingham County

Population, 2025 estimate
34,519−0.5% since 2020
Households
13,951
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
479 sq. mi.
People per square mile
72
Median household income
$80,404+41.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,682
Median home value
$189,500
Jobs located here
22,599
Daytime population
39,935Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Effingham County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Macoupin County, IL7363.4$4M−2.6%#168 of 1,422
2Kendall County, IL72224.8$3.5M+9.9%#185 of 1,422
3Henry County, IL7163.0$4.7M−2.2%#194 of 1,422
4Champaign County, IL71364.2$3.2M+1.8%#204 of 1,422
5Whiteside County, IL7073.0$4.3M−2.6%#216 of 1,422
6Boone County, IL6994.6$3.3M+0.4%#242 of 1,422
7Vermilion County, IL6851.7$7.5M−3.7%#253 of 1,422
8Sangamon County, IL68364.2$3.4M−1.0%#257 of 1,422
9Ogle County, IL6573.4$4.3M−0.7%#319 of 1,422
10Macon County, IL65173.9$3.4M−4.3%#324 of 1,422
37Effingham County, IL4196.5$2.2M−0.5%#947 of 1,422

Other business types in Effingham County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in Effingham County, IL?

Effingham County has 9 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in Effingham County, IL spend on medical and dental services?

About $20M a year, or $1,430 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,951 households in Effingham County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Effingham County, IL compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

Effingham County has 6.5 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.2M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Effingham County would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,550 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is Effingham County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Effingham County at 34,519 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,951 households. The median household income in Effingham County is $80,404 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 41.8% 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. Effingham County scores 41 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #947 of 1,422 scored counties.

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