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Physical therapy clinics in the Murray, KY area

How the Murray, KY 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #278 of 400 scored small-town markets
#7 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.6M
On medical and dental services · $957 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.9
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,421
+4.9% 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

At $957 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in the Murray area spend about $14.6M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

The Murray area has 9 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.9, 9% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Murray area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,048 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Murray area grew 4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For physical therapy clinics, the Murray area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #278 of 400 scored small-town markets and #7 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky.

How the Murray area compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Murray, KY area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureMurray areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.95.05.4
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,0482,6572,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+29.1%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$957$1,042$1,288
Median household income$52,706$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score4039

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
42
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
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
6The 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 Murray 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 Murray area

Population, 2025 estimate
39,421+4.9% since 2020
Households
15,239
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
385 sq. mi.
People per square mile
99
Median household income
$52,706+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,292
Median home value
$183,200
Jobs located here
15,172
Daytime population
39,043Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Murray area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kentucky

Small-town markets in Kentucky ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Glasgow, KY55104.5$2.1M+2.6%#178 of 400
2Richmond-Berea, KY49193.8$2.6M+7.0%#211 of 400
3Frankfort, KY47164.9$2.1M+3.1%#230 of 400
4Madisonville, KY4663.3$2.9M−0.5%#237 of 400
5Danville, KY44136.0$1.6M+3.6%#253 of 400
6Campbellsville, KY4364.1$2.3M+3.4%#255 of 400
7Murray, KY4095.9$1.6M+4.9%#278 of 400
8Henderson, KY31125.1$1.9M−0.9%#335 of 400
9Mount Sterling, KY29137.2$1.3M+3.1%#341 of 400
10Pikeville, KY27235.9$1.5M−5.4%#350 of 400

Other business types in the Murray area

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Murray, KY area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 physical therapy clinics in the Murray area. One of them (11%) is a chain location. 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 Murray, KY area spend on medical and dental services?

About $14.6M a year, or $957 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 15,239 households in the Murray area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Murray, KY area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Murray area has 5.9 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.6M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Murray area would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,048 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Murray, KY area growing?

Population estimates put the Murray area at 39,421 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,239 households. Median household income in the Murray area is $52,706, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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 Murray area scores 40 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #278 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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