Pets · Metro area · Indiana
Veterinarians in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area
The veterinarians in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #328 of 384 scored metro areas
#11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 15
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.2M
- On pets · $806 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 111,294
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
For veterinarians, the Michigan City-La Porte metro area has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #328 of 384 scored metro areas and #11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $806 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area spend about $35.2M a year on pets. Spread across 15 veterinarians, that is $2.3M per clinic, 14% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only veterinarians.
The Michigan City-La Porte metro area has 15 veterinarians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area classed as veterinary services. That is one for every 3,117 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Michigan City-La Porte metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the veterinarians 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 | Michigan City-La Porte metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.5M | $2.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,117 | 4,036 | 3,767 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +6.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $806 | $825 | $909 |
| Median household income | $71,055 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 222
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 150 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 veterinary services in the Michigan City-La Porte 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 Michigan City-La Porte metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 111,294−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 43,633
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 187
- Median household income
- $71,055+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,682
- Median home value
- $195,500
- Jobs located here
- 39,820
- Daytime population
- 107,276Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for veterinarians, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Michigan City-La Porte metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Wayne, IN | 75 | 39 | 2.1 | $3.8M | +3.9% | #33 of 384 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 74 | 950 | 2.6 | $3.7M | 0.0% | #38 of 384 |
| 2Columbus, IN | 68 | 11 | 3.3 | $2.6M | +4.3% | #73 of 384 |
| 3Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 62 | 291 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +5.4% | #105 of 384 |
| 4Bloomington, IN | 60 | 16 | 2.4 | $3.3M | +2.0% | #112 of 384 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 60 | 303 | 3.3 | $2.7M | +2.7% | #120 of 384 |
| 5Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 51 | 21 | 2.9 | $2.7M | +0.9% | #188 of 384 |
| 6Muncie, IN | 49 | 12 | 2.6 | $2.7M | +1.2% | #205 of 384 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 46 | 204 | 3.7 | $2.4M | +2.9% | #224 of 384 |
| 7Evansville, IN | 42 | 41 | 3.6 | $2.2M | +1.6% | #245 of 384 |
| 11Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 29 | 15 | 3.4 | $2.3M | −0.9% | #328 of 384 |
Other business types in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area
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
Pets
- Pet businesses34
- Veterinarians29
- Pet grooming and boarding51
- Pet stores43
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many veterinarians are in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 veterinarians in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count veterinary clinics and animal hospitals. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as veterinary services in 2023.
How much do households in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area spend on pets?
About $35.2M a year, or $806 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 veterinarians on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per clinic. That spending covers all pets, which veterinarians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,633 households in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for veterinarians?
The Michigan City-La Porte metro area has 3.4 veterinarians per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.3. Spending per clinic is $2.3M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $2.7M. At the U.S. ratio of veterinarians to household spending, the Michigan City-La Porte metro area would have about 13, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,117 households, against one for every 3,767 across the U.S.
How fast is the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Michigan City-La Porte metro area at 111,294 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,633 households. Median household income in the Michigan City-La Porte metro area is $71,055, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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 Michigan City-La Porte metro area scores 29 for veterinarians (lower middle), #328 of 384 scored metro areas.
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