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Physical therapy clinics in Howard County, TX

The physical therapy clinics in Howard County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.2M
On medical and dental services · $1,079 a household
Spending per listing
$13.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
30,504
−12.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 physical therapy clinic in Howard County. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Howard County comes to about $13.2M a year: $1,079 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $13.2M of household spending for each clinic on map listings. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which physical therapy clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Howard County classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists. That is one for every 3,048 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Howard County from 2020 to 2025 at −12.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 physical therapy clinic on map listings, Howard County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Howard 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.

Physical therapy in Howard County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHoward CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.84.35.4
Spending per listing$13.2M$2.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3,0483,3452,482
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+24.9%+23.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−12.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,079$1,164$1,288
Median household income$69,649$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored75

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Howard 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 Howard County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,504−12.4% since 2020
Households
12,191
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
901 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$69,649+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,688
Median home value
$155,600
Jobs located here
11,735
Daytime population
29,322Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Physical therapy across Texas

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for physical therapy clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Randall County, TX86101.8$6.6M+7.9%#14 of 1,422
2Bastrop County, TX86102.7$4.4M+21.3%#16 of 1,422
3Liberty County, TX8561.9$5.6M+31.3%#17 of 1,422
4Kaufman County, TX81193.7$3.2M+42.2%#52 of 1,422
5Galveston County, TX80433.1$4M+5.9%#59 of 1,422
6Guadalupe County, TX80233.5$3.5M+15.8%#61 of 1,422
7Ellis County, TX80304.2$3M+24.0%#62 of 1,422
8Fort Bend County, TX791123.8$3.6M+17.4%#79 of 1,422
9Burnet County, TX7973.3$3.5M+15.2%#80 of 1,422
10Brazoria County, TX78493.7$3.5M+12.2%#93 of 1,422
Howard County, TXNot scored10.8$13.2M−12.4%

Other business types in Howard County

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

Questions

How many physical therapy clinics are in Howard County, TX?

There is 1 physical therapy clinic on map listings in Howard County as of September 2026. The listings count physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in 2023.

How much do households in Howard County, TX spend on medical and dental services?

About $13.2M a year, or $1,079 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 physical therapy clinic on map listings, it comes to $13.2M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,191 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Howard County, TX compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?

Howard County has 1 physical therapy clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Howard County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,048 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.

How fast is Howard County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Howard County at 30,504 people in 2025, down 12.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,191 households. The median household income in Howard County is $69,649 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Howard County has no market score for physical therapy clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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