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Physical therapy clinics in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area

How the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for physical therapy clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #203 of 386 scored metro areas
#6 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania

Listings
220
41 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
101
+8.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$419.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,236 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.5
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
887,615
+3.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 220 physical therapy clinics in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.5, 20% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area comes to about $419.7M a year: $1,236 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 220 physical therapy clinics, that is $1.9M per clinic, 21% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which physical therapy clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 101 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area in 2023, up 8.6% from 2019. That is one for every 3,363 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $573K have gone to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area is 49 (lower middle), #203 of 386 scored metro areas and #6 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania.

How the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureAllentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.56.35.4
Spending per listing$1.9M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,3632,5302,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.6%+3.4%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,236$1,201$1,288
Median household income$84,587$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score4931

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
101+8.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
831
Annual payroll, 2023
$34.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
22041 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
175The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$573K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro 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 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
887,615+3.0% since 2020
Households
339,656
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,453 sq. mi.
People per square mile
601
Median household income
$84,587+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,676
Median home value
$300,800
Jobs located here
385,046
Daytime population
840,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro areas in Pennsylvania ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gettysburg, PA78143.4$3.5M+3.6%#16 of 386
2Lebanon, PA70193.4$3.5M+2.2%#57 of 386
3Chambersburg, PA64264.1$2.8M+3.0%#95 of 386
4York-Hanover, PA59874.8$2.5M+3.6%#132 of 386
5Reading, PA50945.8$2.1M+2.7%#192 of 386
6Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ492206.5$1.9M+3.0%#203 of 386
7Lancaster, PA461215.7$2.2M+1.9%#218 of 386
8State College, PA45325.4$2.2M−0.4%#226 of 386
9Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD371,5416.2$2.1M+1.4%#293 of 386
10Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA361656.7$1.8M+4.2%#309 of 386

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Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area?

The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area has 220 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 41 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 101 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023, up 8.6% from 2019.

How much do households in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $419.7M a year, or $1,236 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 220 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 339,656 households in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area has 6.5 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.9M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area would have about 175, against 220 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,363 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +23.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area at 887,615 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 339,656 households. The median household income in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area is $84,587 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area scores 49 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #203 of 386 scored metro areas.

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