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Physical therapy clinics in Ector County, TX
The physical therapy clinics in Ector County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #173 of 1,422 scored counties
#19 of 74 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 20
- 2 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $70.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,091 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 173,801
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 physical therapy clinics in Ector County. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.1, 43% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Ector County comes to about $70.5M a year: $1,091 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 20 physical therapy clinics, that is $3.5M per clinic, 47% above 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 14 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Ector County in 2023. That is one for every 4,612 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Ector County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Ector County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics, ranking #173 of 1,422 scored counties and #19 of 74 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Ector County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Ector County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $2.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,612 | 3,345 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.9% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,091 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $71,536 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 138
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 202 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Ector 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 Ector County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 173,801+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 64,563
- Median age
- 32.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 183
- Median household income
- $71,536+13.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,485
- Median home value
- $200,200
- Jobs located here
- 73,944
- Daytime population
- 162,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Texas, with Ector County marked.
Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Randall County, TX | 86 | 10 | 1.8 | $6.6M | +7.9% | #14 of 1,422 |
| 2Bastrop County, TX | 86 | 10 | 2.7 | $4.4M | +21.3% | #16 of 1,422 |
| 3Liberty County, TX | 85 | 6 | 1.9 | $5.6M | +31.3% | #17 of 1,422 |
| 4Kaufman County, TX | 81 | 19 | 3.7 | $3.2M | +42.2% | #52 of 1,422 |
| 5Galveston County, TX | 80 | 43 | 3.1 | $4M | +5.9% | #59 of 1,422 |
| 6Guadalupe County, TX | 80 | 23 | 3.5 | $3.5M | +15.8% | #61 of 1,422 |
| 7Ellis County, TX | 80 | 30 | 4.2 | $3M | +24.0% | #62 of 1,422 |
| 8Fort Bend County, TX | 79 | 112 | 3.8 | $3.6M | +17.4% | #79 of 1,422 |
| 9Burnet County, TX | 79 | 7 | 3.3 | $3.5M | +15.2% | #80 of 1,422 |
| 10Brazoria County, TX | 78 | 49 | 3.7 | $3.5M | +12.2% | #93 of 1,422 |
| 19Ector County, TX | 73 | 20 | 3.1 | $3.5M | +5.0% | #173 of 1,422 |
Other business types in Ector County
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 Ector County, TX?
Ector County has 20 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.
How much do households in Ector County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $70.5M a year, or $1,091 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 64,563 households in Ector County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ector County, TX compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
Ector County has 3.1 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $3.5M, 47% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Ector County would have about 29, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,612 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
How fast is Ector County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Ector County at 173,801 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,563 households. The median household income in Ector County is $71,536 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.6% 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. Ector County scores 73 for physical therapy clinics (upper middle), #173 of 1,422 scored counties.
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