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Physical therapy clinics in Darke County, OH

How Darke County, OH 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #180 of 1,422 scored counties
#22 of 59 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,308 a household
Spending per listing
$5.6M
2.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.3
57% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
51,520
−0.7% 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

At $1,308 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Darke County spend about $27.8M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $5.6M per clinic, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics.

Darke County has 5 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Darke County classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 4,259 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Darke County declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For physical therapy clinics, Darke County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #180 of 1,422 scored counties and #22 of 59 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Darke County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Darke County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureDarke CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.34.05.4
Spending per listing$5.6M$3.5M$2.4M
Households per official establishment4,2594,2252,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.1%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,308$1,398$1,288
Median household income$64,486$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score7279

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
50
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
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 Darke 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 Darke County

Population, 2025 estimate
51,520−0.7% since 2020
Households
21,297
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
598 sq. mi.
People per square mile
86
Median household income
$64,486+15.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,884
Median home value
$173,200
Jobs located here
17,845
Daytime population
43,574Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH9952.1$8.2M+16.5%#1 of 1,422
2Clermont County, OH88242.8$5.3M+3.9%#9 of 1,422
3Greene County, OH88253.7$4.2M+3.7%#11 of 1,422
4Miami County, OH87153.3$4.2M+3.4%#12 of 1,422
5Warren County, OH87394.2$4.1M+5.7%#13 of 1,422
6Licking County, OH84263.8$4M+3.8%#26 of 1,422
7Lorain County, OH84473.7$3.9M+3.1%#27 of 1,422
8Portage County, OH82172.6$5.4M+1.0%#34 of 1,422
9Fairfield County, OH82213.5$4.4M+6.5%#37 of 1,422
10Wayne County, OH8161.4$10.2M−0.1%#40 of 1,422
22Darke County, OH7252.3$5.6M−0.7%#180 of 1,422

Other business types in Darke County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in Darke County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 physical therapy clinics in Darke County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in Darke County, OH spend on medical and dental services?

About $27.8M a year, or $1,308 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 21,297 households in Darke County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Darke County, OH compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

Darke County has 2.3 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $5.6M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Darke County would have about 12, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,259 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is Darke County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Darke County at 51,520 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,297 households. Median household income in Darke County is $64,486, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.9%, 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. Darke County scores 72 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #180 of 1,422 scored counties.

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