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Physical therapy clinics in Carteret County, NC

The physical therapy clinics in Carteret County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #852 of 1,422 scored counties
#44 of 61 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
17
3 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$35.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,106 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,469
+4.1% 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

Households in Carteret County spend about $35.4M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,106 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 17 physical therapy clinics, that is $2.1M per clinic, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

Carteret County has 17 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Carteret County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 2,460 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Carteret County grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Carteret County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #852 of 1,422 scored counties and #44 of 61 scored counties in North Carolina.

How Carteret County 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.

Physical therapy in Carteret County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureCarteret CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.35.25.4
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2,4603,0592,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.4%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,106$1,116$1,288
Median household income$72,322$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score4560

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 13
Employees, 2023
62
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
173 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Carteret 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 Carteret County

Population, 2025 estimate
70,469+4.1% since 2020
Households
31,977
Median age
49.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
508 sq. mi.
People per square mile
136
Median household income
$72,322+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,351
Median home value
$333,300
Jobs located here
23,748
Daytime population
65,592Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Carteret County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Harnett County, NC82112.2$4.9M+12.3%#36 of 1,422
2Chatham County, NC81123.6$3.6M+11.0%#49 of 1,422
3Davidson County, NC80142.0$5.2M+6.6%#55 of 1,422
4Union County, NC79374.4$3M+11.7%#81 of 1,422
5Johnston County, NC76273.2$3.6M+17.9%#121 of 1,422
6Davie County, NC7452.9$3.9M+6.9%#149 of 1,422
7Stanly County, NC7262.4$4.3M+9.8%#182 of 1,422
8Wayne County, NC70142.9$3.4M+3.8%#221 of 1,422
9Rowan County, NC69193.2$3.2M+5.6%#245 of 1,422
10Catawba County, NC69243.6$2.9M+5.8%#248 of 1,422
44Carteret County, NC45175.3$2.1M+4.1%#852 of 1,422

Other business types in Carteret County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in Carteret County, NC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 physical therapy clinics in Carteret County. 3 of them (18%) 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 Carteret County, NC spend on medical and dental services?

About $35.4M a year, or $1,106 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 31,977 households in Carteret County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Carteret County, NC compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

Carteret County has 5.3 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $2.1M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Carteret County would have about 15, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,460 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is Carteret County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Carteret County at 70,469 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,977 households. Median household income in Carteret County is $72,322, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.5%, 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. Carteret County scores 45 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #852 of 1,422 scored counties.

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