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Physical therapy clinics in the Johnson City, TN metro area

How the Johnson City, TN 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #243 of 386 scored metro areas
#5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee

Listings
53
16 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$88.7M
On medical and dental services · $997 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.0
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
216,416
+4.3% 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 53 physical therapy clinics in the Johnson City metro area. 16 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.0, 11% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.

Households in the Johnson City metro area spend about $88.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $997 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 30% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in the Johnson City metro area was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 4,943 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Johnson City metro area grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For physical therapy clinics, the Johnson City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #243 of 386 scored metro areas and #5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.

How the Johnson City metro area compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Johnson City, TN metro area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureJohnson City metro areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.05.25.4
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment4,9433,6542,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.3%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$997$1,088$1,288
Median household income$57,762$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4356

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18
Employees, 2023
211
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5316 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
37The 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 Johnson City 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 Johnson City metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
216,416+4.3% since 2020
Households
88,979
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
854 sq. mi.
People per square mile
247
Median household income
$57,762+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,488
Median home value
$219,200
Jobs located here
82,986
Daytime population
208,127Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Johnson City metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Tennessee

Metro areas in Tennessee ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Clarksville, TN-KY67433.4$3M+8.5%#79 of 386
2Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN614595.5$2.2M+8.7%#114 of 386
3Cleveland, TN51234.6$2.2M+6.1%#186 of 386
4Memphis, TN-MS-AR482254.3$2.5M−0.3%#205 of 386
5Johnson City, TN43536.0$1.7M+4.3%#243 of 386
6Knoxville, TN422296.1$1.8M+6.9%#254 of 386
7Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA42725.5$1.8M+2.3%#255 of 386
8Chattanooga, TN-GA401516.5$1.7M+5.3%#266 of 386
9Jackson, TN39395.4$1.8M+2.2%#277 of 386
10Morristown, TN37265.4$1.9M+7.9%#297 of 386

Other business types in the Johnson City metro area

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in the Johnson City, TN metro area?

The Johnson City metro area has 53 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in the Johnson City, TN metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $88.7M a year, or $997 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 88,979 households in the Johnson City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Johnson City, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

The Johnson City metro area has 6.0 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.7M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, the Johnson City metro area would have about 37, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,943 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is the Johnson City, TN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Johnson City metro area at 216,416 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,979 households. The median household income in the Johnson City metro area is $57,762 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.0% 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 Johnson City metro area scores 43 for physical therapy clinics (lower middle), #243 of 386 scored metro areas.

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