Health care · Small-town market · North Carolina
Physical therapy clinics in the Morehead City, NC area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for physical therapy clinics in the Morehead City, NC area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #221 of 400 scored small-town markets
#17 of 21 scored small-town markets based 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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What this means
At $1,106 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Morehead City area spend about $35.4M a year on medical and dental services. 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.
The Morehead City area 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. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.3, 2% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Morehead City area classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 2,460 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Morehead City area grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Morehead City area scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #221 of 400 scored small-town markets and #17 of 21 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina.
How the Morehead City 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 | Morehead City area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,460 | 3,059 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/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 score | 48 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 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 the Morehead City 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 Morehead City area
- 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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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 Morehead City 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 |
| 17Morehead City, NC | 48 | 17 | 5.3 | $2.1M | +4.1% | #221 of 400 |
Other business types in the Morehead City area
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 the Morehead City, NC area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 physical therapy clinics in the Morehead City area. 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 the Morehead City, NC area 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 the Morehead City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Morehead City, NC area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
The Morehead City area 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, the Morehead City area 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 the Morehead City, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Morehead City area 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 the Morehead City area 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. 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 Morehead City area scores 48 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #221 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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