Health care · Small-town market · Kansas
Physical therapy clinics in the Garden City, KS area
The physical therapy clinics in the Garden City, KS area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #158 of 400 scored small-town markets
#4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,375 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,505
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 physical therapy clinics in the Garden City area. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 6.0 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Garden City area comes to about $18.2M a year: $1,375 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 8 physical therapy clinics, that is $2.3M per clinic, 5% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Garden City area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,410 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $190K has gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Garden City area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Garden City area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in the Garden City area is 57 (upper middle), #158 of 400 scored small-town markets and #4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Garden City area compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Garden City area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,410 | 2,472 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +61.0% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,375 | $1,422 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $73,009 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $968K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 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
- 1
- Amount
- $190K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Garden City 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 Garden City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,505−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 13,229
- Median age
- 33.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,302 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $73,009
- Average household income
- $91,638
- Median home value
- $201,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,852
- Daytime population
- 39,125Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Garden City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hutchinson, KS | 69 | 8 | 3.1 | $4M | −0.6% | #59 of 400 |
| 2Pittsburg, KS | 67 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.8M | +0.1% | #73 of 400 |
| 3Hays, KS | 59 | 5 | 4.1 | $3.2M | +0.4% | #138 of 400 |
| 4Garden City, KS | 57 | 8 | 6.0 | $2.3M | −2.1% | #158 of 400 |
| 5Salina, KS | 56 | 9 | 3.6 | $3.6M | −1.4% | #160 of 400 |
| 6Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 49 | 6 | 4.5 | $2.8M | −0.4% | #209 of 400 |
| 7Great Bend, KS | 45 | 5 | 4.8 | $2.6M | −2.5% | #242 of 400 |
| 8Liberal, KS | 36 | 5 | 6.9 | $1.9M | −3.6% | #305 of 400 |
Other business types in the Garden City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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 the Garden City, KS area?
The Garden City area has 8 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.
How much do households in the Garden City, KS area spend on medical and dental services?
About $18.2M a year, or $1,375 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,229 households in the Garden City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Garden City, KS area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
The Garden City area has 6.0 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.3M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,410 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
How fast is the Garden City, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Garden City area at 37,505 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,229 households. The median household income in the Garden City area is $73,009 a year, 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. 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 Garden City area scores 57 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #158 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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