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Physical therapy clinics in the Pontiac, IL area

How the Pontiac, IL 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #119 of 400 scored small-town markets
#6 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Illinois

Listings
6
3 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.3M
On medical and dental services · $1,388 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
41% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
35,057
−2.1% 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 6 physical therapy clinics in the Pontiac area. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

At $1,388 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in the Pontiac area spend about $20.3M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $3.4M per clinic, 41% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Pontiac area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 2,923 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Pontiac area declined 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in the Pontiac area is 61 (upper middle), #119 of 400 scored small-town markets and #6 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Illinois.

How the Pontiac area 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 Pontiac, IL area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasurePontiac areaIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.16.15.4
Spending per listing$3.4M$2.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,9231,9792,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.8%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,388$1,517$1,288
Median household income$73,790$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6149

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
35
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
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 the Pontiac 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 Pontiac area

Population, 2025 estimate
35,057−2.1% since 2020
Households
14,615
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,044 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$73,790+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,317
Median home value
$142,200
Jobs located here
12,813
Daytime population
32,838Residents 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 small-town markets in Illinois for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Pontiac area marked.

Top small-town markets in Illinois

Small-town markets in Illinois ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sterling, IL7173.0$4.3M−2.6%#49 of 400
2Danville, IL6851.7$7.5M−3.7%#65 of 400
Burlington, IA-IL6873.5$3.6M−2.5%#67 of 400
3Rochelle, IL6773.4$4.3M−0.7%#71 of 400
4Ottawa, IL67213.4$4.1M−1.6%#72 of 400
5Marion-Herrin, IL63103.5$3.9M+0.2%#102 of 400
6Pontiac, IL6164.1$3.4M−2.1%#119 of 400
7Galesburg, IL5962.9$4.3M−4.1%#136 of 400
8Quincy, IL-MO5692.9$4.5M−2.0%#159 of 400
9Charleston-Mattoon, IL56104.8$2.6M−1.0%#165 of 400

Other business types in the Pontiac area

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Pontiac, IL area?

The Pontiac area has 6 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in the Pontiac, IL area spend on medical and dental services?

About $20.3M a year, or $1,388 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,615 households in the Pontiac area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pontiac, IL area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Pontiac area has 4.1 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $3.4M, 41% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Pontiac area would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,923 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Pontiac, IL area growing?

Population estimates put the Pontiac area at 35,057 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,615 households. The median household income in the Pontiac area is $73,790 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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. 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 Pontiac area scores 61 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #119 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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