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Physical therapy clinics in the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area

How the Iron Mountain, MI-WI 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #264 of 400 scored small-town markets
#14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Michigan

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.1M
On medical and dental services · $1,281 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,575
+0.4% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Iron Mountain area comes to about $18.1M a year: $1,281 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 8 physical therapy clinics, that is $2.3M per clinic, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

There are 8 physical therapy clinics on map listings in the Iron Mountain area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.7, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Iron Mountain area in 2023. That is one for every 1,763 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Iron Mountain area grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For physical therapy clinics, the Iron Mountain area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #264 of 400 scored small-town markets and #14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.

How the Iron Mountain area compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Iron Mountain, MI-WI area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureIron Mountain areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.76.35.4
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,7632,5732,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.8%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,281$1,412$1,288
Median household income$64,552$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score4252

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
39
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
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
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
30,575+0.4% since 2020
Households
14,102
Median age
47.9
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,249 sq. mi.
People per square mile
24
Median household income
$64,552+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,223
Median home value
$157,300
Jobs located here
15,062
Daytime population
33,133Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Michigan

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Iron Mountain area marked.

Top small-town markets in Michigan

Small-town markets in Michigan ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sturgis, MI8252.1$6.1M+0.1%#11 of 400
2Owosso, MI7872.5$5.3M−0.4%#25 of 400
3Holland, MI76184.0$3.7M+2.1%#32 of 400
4Ludington, MI6953.9$3.4M0.0%#62 of 400
5Cadillac, MI63105.1$2.5M+2.0%#110 of 400
6Big Rapids, MI63116.6$1.9M+4.7%#111 of 400
7Escanaba, MI6085.0$2.5M−0.8%#134 of 400
Marinette, WI-MI58144.8$2.7M+0.3%#146 of 400
8Marquette, MI55176.0$2.2M+2.3%#177 of 400
9Coldwater, MI55116.5$2M+2.5%#179 of 400
14Iron Mountain, MI-WI4285.7$2.3M+0.4%#264 of 400

Other business types in the Iron Mountain area

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 physical therapy clinics in the Iron Mountain area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area spend on medical and dental services?

About $18.1M a year, or $1,281 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 14,102 households in the Iron Mountain area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Iron Mountain area has 5.7 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.3M, 6% 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 1,763 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Iron Mountain, MI-WI area growing?

Population estimates put the Iron Mountain area at 30,575 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,102 households. Median household income in the Iron Mountain area is $64,552, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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 Iron Mountain area scores 42 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #264 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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