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Physical therapy clinics in Salem city, VA
How Salem city, VA 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,309 of 1,422 scored counties
#57 of 66 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 10
- 5 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,085 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 81% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,816
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for physical therapy clinics in Salem city is 23 (low), #1,309 of 1,422 scored counties and #57 of 66 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 physical therapy clinics in Salem city. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 50%, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.8, 81% above the U.S. rate of 5.4.
At $1,085 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Salem city spend about $11.1M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 10 physical therapy clinics, that is $1.1M per clinic, 54% 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 5 businesses with payroll classed as physical, occupational and speech therapists in Salem city in 2023. That is one for every 2,051 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Salem city from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Salem city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Salem city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,051 | 2,745 | 2,482 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.3% | +23.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,085 | $1,264 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $66,725 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 105 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Salem city, 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 Salem city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,816+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 10,256
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 15 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,765
- Median household income
- $66,725+16.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,247
- Median home value
- $258,600
- Jobs located here
- 21,974
- Daytime population
- 36,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for physical therapy clinics, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Salem city marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frederick County, VA | 88 | 9 | 2.5 | $5M | +8.8% | #10 of 1,422 |
| 2Arlington County, VA | 83 | 41 | 3.7 | $4.2M | +2.1% | #30 of 1,422 |
| 3Stafford County, VA | 83 | 19 | 3.6 | $4.2M | +8.3% | #31 of 1,422 |
| 4York County, VA | 81 | 6 | 2.2 | $6M | +1.6% | #43 of 1,422 |
| 5Spotsylvania County, VA | 81 | 22 | 4.2 | $3.2M | +10.5% | #51 of 1,422 |
| 6Rockingham County, VA | 79 | 6 | 1.8 | $6.2M | +6.6% | #66 of 1,422 |
| 7Prince William County, VA | 76 | 78 | 5.0 | $3M | +4.2% | #124 of 1,422 |
| 8Culpeper County, VA | 74 | 6 | 3.2 | $4M | +9.3% | #148 of 1,422 |
| 9Manassas city, VA | 70 | 6 | 4.2 | $3.2M | +3.9% | #224 of 1,422 |
| 10Caroline County, VA | 68 | 5 | 4.2 | $2.8M | +11.3% | #263 of 1,422 |
| 57Salem city, VA | 23 | 10 | 9.8 | $1.1M | +1.7% | #1,309 of 1,422 |
Other business types in Salem city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many physical therapy clinics are in Salem city, VA?
Salem city has 10 physical therapy clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (50%) are chain locations. 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 Salem city, VA spend on medical and dental services?
About $11.1M a year, or $1,085 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 physical therapy clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only physical therapy clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,256 households in Salem city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salem city, VA compare with the U.S. for physical therapy clinics?
Salem city has 9.8 physical therapy clinics per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per clinic is $1.1M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of physical therapy clinics to household spending, Salem city would have about 5, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,051 households, against one for every 2,482 across the U.S.
How fast is Salem city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Salem city at 25,816 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,256 households. The median household income in Salem city is $66,725 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.7% 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. Salem city scores 23 for physical therapy clinics (low), #1,309 of 1,422 scored counties.
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