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Physical therapy clinics in the Muncie, IN metro area

How the Muncie, IN 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #77 of 386 scored metro areas
#6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana

Listings
18
6 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$56.6M
On medical and dental services · $1,224 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.9
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
113,106
+1.2% 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 Muncie metro area spend about $56.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,224 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per clinic, 31% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

The Muncie metro area has 18 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Muncie metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,205 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $40K have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Muncie metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Muncie metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Muncie metro area scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #77 of 386 scored metro areas and #6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Muncie metro area compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Muncie, IN metro area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureMuncie metro areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.94.45.4
Spending per listing$3.1M$3.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment4,2052,8232,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+35.7%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,224$1,390$1,288
Median household income$58,127$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score6775

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11
Employees, 2023
47
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
186 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$40K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Muncie 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 Muncie metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
113,106+1.2% since 2020
Households
46,256
Median age
38.6
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
392 sq. mi.
People per square mile
286
Median household income
$58,127+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,454
Median home value
$139,400
Jobs located here
44,237
Daytime population
112,299Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Indiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Muncie metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in Indiana ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN823423.8$3.8M+2.7%#3 of 386
1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN743804.5$3.3M+5.4%#35 of 386
2Elkhart-Goshen, IN72314.3$3.2M+0.9%#44 of 386
3Michigan City-La Porte, IN71173.9$3.5M−0.9%#48 of 386
4South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI71503.9$3.5M+0.1%#49 of 386
5Bloomington, IN67274.0$3.4M+2.0%#74 of 386
6Muncie, IN67183.9$3.1M+1.2%#77 of 386
7Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN65353.9$3.4M+2.1%#89 of 386
8Columbus, IN65185.4$2.7M+4.3%#90 of 386
9Evansville, IN61453.9$3.5M+1.6%#108 of 386

Other business types in the Muncie 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 Muncie, IN metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 physical therapy clinics in the Muncie metro area. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

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

About $56.6M a year, or $1,224 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 46,256 households in the Muncie metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Muncie metro area has 3.9 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $3.1M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Muncie metro area would have about 24, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,205 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Muncie, IN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Muncie metro area at 113,106 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,256 households. Median household income in the Muncie metro area is $58,127, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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 Muncie metro area scores 67 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #77 of 386 scored metro areas.

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