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Physical therapy clinics in Buffalo County, NE
How Buffalo County, NE 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,060 of 1,422 scored counties
#10 of 12 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 16
- 3 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28M
- On medical and dental services · $1,402 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,172
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,402 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in Buffalo County spend about $28M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $1.8M per clinic, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.
Buffalo County has 16 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Buffalo County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 1,537 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Buffalo County grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in Buffalo County is 37 (lower middle), #1,060 of 1,422 scored counties and #10 of 12 scored counties in Nebraska.
How Buffalo County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Buffalo County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,537 | 2,025 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.7% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,402 | $1,432 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $75,911 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 160
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 163 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,172+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 19,984
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $75,911+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,897
- Median home value
- $246,400
- Jobs located here
- 27,301
- Daytime population
- 53,561Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Buffalo County marked.
Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 67 | 42 | 5.7 | $2.9M | +9.0% | #286 of 1,422 |
| 2Platte County, NE | 62 | 5 | 3.7 | $3.7M | +3.9% | #383 of 1,422 |
| 3Cass County, NE | 60 | 6 | 5.5 | $2.8M | +3.9% | #443 of 1,422 |
| 4Douglas County, NE | 53 | 152 | 6.4 | $2.3M | +3.6% | #647 of 1,422 |
| 5Lincoln County, NE | 50 | 5 | 3.4 | $3.9M | −3.6% | #703 of 1,422 |
| 6Dodge County, NE | 48 | 10 | 6.6 | $2.1M | +2.6% | #777 of 1,422 |
| 7Lancaster County, NE | 48 | 100 | 7.5 | $1.9M | +3.4% | #782 of 1,422 |
| 8Scotts Bluff County, NE | 46 | 8 | 5.3 | $2.4M | −1.3% | #814 of 1,422 |
| 9Hall County, NE | 41 | 14 | 5.7 | $2.4M | +1.4% | #946 of 1,422 |
| 10Buffalo County, NE | 37 | 16 | 8.0 | $1.8M | +1.9% | #1,060 of 1,422 |
Other business types in Buffalo County
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 Buffalo County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 physical therapy clinics in Buffalo County. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.
How much do households in Buffalo County, NE spend on medical and dental services?
About $28M a year, or $1,402 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 19,984 households in Buffalo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buffalo County, NE compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
Buffalo County has 8.0 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.8M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Buffalo County would have about 12, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,537 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
How fast is Buffalo County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Buffalo County at 51,172 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,984 households. Median household income in Buffalo County is $75,911, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. 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. Buffalo County scores 37 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #1,060 of 1,422 scored counties.
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