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Physical therapy clinics in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area

The physical therapy clinics in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #363 of 386 scored metro areas
#6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana

Listings
41
10 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
32
−3.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$82.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,037 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
199,668
−3.5% 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

For physical therapy clinics, the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #363 of 386 scored metro areas and #6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area comes to about $82.8M a year: $1,037 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has 41 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists, down 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,497 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureHouma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.15.65.4
Spending per listing$2M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,4972,3262,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.0%+18.1%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,037$1,036$1,288
Median household income$64,038$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score2416

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
32−3.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
269
Annual payroll, 2023
$10M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
199,668−3.5% since 2020
Households
79,889
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,300 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$64,038+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,114
Median home value
$189,700
Jobs located here
82,319
Daytime population
199,758Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Louisiana

Metro areas in Louisiana ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1New Orleans-Metairie, LA391734.3$2.4M−3.4%#269 of 386
2Hammond, LA33326.2$1.6M+5.8%#326 of 386
3Baton Rouge, LA321945.8$1.9M+2.1%#329 of 386
4Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA29959.0$1.3M+5.3%#345 of 386
5Shreveport-Bossier City, LA27744.7$2.1M−2.3%#351 of 386
6Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA24415.1$2M−3.5%#363 of 386
7Alexandria, LA20295.1$2M−2.5%#373 of 386
8Lafayette, LA181297.8$1.3M+3.8%#377 of 386
9Lake Charles, LA14586.3$1.7M−3.8%#381 of 386
10Monroe, LA7576.6$1.5M−1.9%#384 of 386

Other business types in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 physical therapy clinics in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area. 10 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $82.8M a year, or $1,037 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 79,889 households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has 5.1 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area would have about 35, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,497 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area at 199,668 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 79,889 households. Median household income in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area is $64,038, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area scores 24 for physical therapy clinics (low), #363 of 386 scored metro areas.

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