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Physical therapy clinics in Rice County, MN

How Rice County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #312 of 1,422 scored counties
#17 of 30 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
14
3 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$34.6M
On medical and dental services · $1,473 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.0
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
69,939
+4.2% 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 Rice County comes to about $34.6M a year: $1,473 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per clinic, 3% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

Rice County has 14 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (21%) are chain locations, 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Rice County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 2,937 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $286K has gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Rice County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rice County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in Rice County is 66 (upper middle), #312 of 1,422 scored counties and #17 of 30 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Rice County compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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 Rice County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureRice CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.04.05.4
Spending per listing$2.5M$3.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,9373,4552,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+48.8%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,473$1,550$1,288
Median household income$83,181$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score6687

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 8
Employees, 2023
63
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
143 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$286K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Rice 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 Rice County

Population, 2025 estimate
69,939+4.2% since 2020
Households
23,493
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
496 sq. mi.
People per square mile
137
Median household income
$83,181+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,276
Median home value
$320,200
Jobs located here
25,685
Daytime population
60,549Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Rice County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sherburne County, MN92102.8$5.8M+6.8%#3 of 1,422
2Scott County, MN90183.3$5.5M+5.1%#7 of 1,422
3Carver County, MN89174.1$4.5M+6.6%#8 of 1,422
4Anoka County, MN84473.4$4.7M+4.7%#21 of 1,422
5Dakota County, MN84653.7$4.5M+3.9%#24 of 1,422
6Isanti County, MN8363.7$4M+7.3%#32 of 1,422
7Clay County, MN8293.4$4.2M+3.6%#38 of 1,422
8Stearns County, MN80213.4$4.1M+3.6%#58 of 1,422
9Washington County, MN80494.6$3.8M+6.9%#60 of 1,422
10Olmsted County, MN78233.4$4.7M+2.3%#84 of 1,422
17Rice County, MN66146.0$2.5M+4.2%#312 of 1,422

Other business types in Rice County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in Rice County, MN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 physical therapy clinics in Rice County. 3 of them (21%) 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 Rice County, MN spend on medical and dental services?

About $34.6M a year, or $1,473 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 23,493 households in Rice County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Rice County, MN compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

Rice County has 6.0 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.5M, 3% above 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 2,937 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is Rice County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Rice County at 69,939 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,493 households. Median household income in Rice County is $83,181, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Rice County scores 66 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #312 of 1,422 scored counties.

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