Health care · Small-town market · North Carolina
Physical therapy clinics in the Anderson Creek, NC area
How the Anderson Creek, NC 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 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #6 of 400 scored small-town markets
#1 of 21 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $53.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,071 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.9M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 150,137
- +12.3% since 2020
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What this means
For physical therapy clinics, the Anderson Creek area has a Groundwork market score of 85 (high): #6 of 400 scored small-town markets and #1 of 21 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for physical therapy clinics.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Anderson Creek area comes to about $53.4M a year: $1,071 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 physical therapy clinics, that is $4.9M per clinic, twice the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.
The Anderson Creek area has 11 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 2.2 for every 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Anderson Creek area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 6,231 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Anderson Creek area from 2020 to 2025 at +12.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Anderson Creek area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Anderson Creek area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $4.9M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,231 | 3,059 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.4% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.3% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,071 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $71,287 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 57
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Anderson Creek 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 Anderson Creek area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 150,137+12.3% since 2020
- Households
- 49,845
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 595 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 234
- Median household income
- $71,287
- Average household income
- $89,999
- Median home value
- $246,200
- Jobs located here
- 27,545
- Daytime population
- 112,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Anderson Creek area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson Creek, NC | 85 | 11 | 2.2 | $4.9M | +12.3% | #6 of 400 |
| 2Albemarle, NC | 73 | 6 | 2.4 | $4.3M | +9.8% | #41 of 400 |
| 3Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 67 | 13 | 3.3 | $3M | +3.4% | #78 of 400 |
| 4Wilson, NC | 64 | 7 | 2.1 | $4.6M | +1.7% | #98 of 400 |
| 5North Wilkesboro, NC | 62 | 5 | 1.8 | $5M | +0.6% | #112 of 400 |
| 6Marion, NC | 59 | 5 | 2.7 | $3.6M | +1.5% | #137 of 400 |
| 7Kinston, NC | 58 | 5 | 2.1 | $4.3M | +1.4% | #143 of 400 |
| 8Mount Airy, NC | 57 | 10 | 3.3 | $2.9M | +1.3% | #153 of 400 |
| 9Sanford, NC | 56 | 13 | 5.2 | $2M | +10.8% | #168 of 400 |
| 10Brevard, NC | 54 | 8 | 5.5 | $1.9M | +2.9% | #181 of 400 |
Other business types in the Anderson Creek area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in the Anderson Creek, NC area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 physical therapy clinics in the Anderson Creek area. 2 of them (18%) 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 Anderson Creek, NC area spend on medical and dental services?
About $53.4M a year, or $1,071 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.9M 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 49,845 households in the Anderson Creek area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Anderson Creek, NC area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
The Anderson Creek area has 2.2 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $4.9M, twice the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Anderson Creek area would have about 22, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,231 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
How fast is the Anderson Creek, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Anderson Creek area at 150,137 people in 2025, up 12.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,845 households. Median household income in the Anderson Creek area is $71,287, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Anderson Creek area scores 85 for physical therapy clinics (high), #6 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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