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Physical therapy clinics in Palo Alto County, IA
The physical therapy clinics in Palo Alto County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,358 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 8,899
- −1.0% since 2020
See the physical therapy clinics around any address in Palo Alto County
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What this means
Households in Palo Alto County spend about $5.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,358 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each clinic on map listings. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.
There is 1 physical therapy clinic on map listings in Palo Alto County as of September 2026. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for physical, occupational and speech therapists in Palo Alto County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Palo Alto County declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Palo Alto County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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.
| Measure | Palo Alto County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,626 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.9% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,358 | $1,412 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $72,781 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,899−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 3,782
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 564 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $72,781
- Average household income
- $89,684
- Median home value
- $123,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,528
- Daytime population
- 8,293Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Palo Alto County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the physical therapy clinics on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Palo Alto County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sioux County, IA | 79 | 5 | 3.9 | $3.8M | +2.5% | #76 of 1,422 |
| 2Jasper County, IA | 74 | 6 | 4.0 | $3.4M | +0.9% | #156 of 1,422 |
| 3Dallas County, IA | 74 | 26 | 6.1 | $2.8M | +17.8% | #161 of 1,422 |
| 4Pottawattamie County, IA | 73 | 10 | 2.7 | $5.2M | −0.7% | #163 of 1,422 |
| 5Story County, IA | 70 | 18 | 4.6 | $3M | +2.7% | #227 of 1,422 |
| 6Des Moines County, IA | 63 | 7 | 4.1 | $3.2M | −2.0% | #363 of 1,422 |
| 7Warren County, IA | 60 | 14 | 6.8 | $2.3M | +9.0% | #458 of 1,422 |
| 8Johnson County, IA | 60 | 42 | 6.6 | $2.2M | +4.6% | #459 of 1,422 |
| 9Linn County, IA | 55 | 55 | 5.8 | $2.5M | +0.7% | #582 of 1,422 |
| 10Webster County, IA | 54 | 7 | 4.6 | $2.9M | −0.4% | #604 of 1,422 |
| Palo Alto County, IA | Not scored | 1 | 2.6 | $5.1M | −1.0% |
Other business types in Palo Alto County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in Palo Alto County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 physical therapy clinic in Palo Alto County. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. No official count is published for physical, occupational and speech therapists in Palo Alto County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Palo Alto County, IA spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.1M a year, or $1,358 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 physical therapy clinic on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 3,782 households in Palo Alto County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Palo Alto County, IA compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
Palo Alto County has 1 physical therapy clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Palo Alto County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Palo Alto County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Palo Alto County at 8,899 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,782 households. Median household income in Palo Alto County is $72,781, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Palo Alto County. It maps the physical therapy clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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