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Lancaster County, NE — Chiropractors Saturation

How many chiropractors exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 42 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Chiropractic offices · Chiropractic clinics. Counted together because official statistics use one 621310 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 2.04× the U.S. rate (between 2.04× and 3.46× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 34 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 28 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

Range spans the U.S. rate   Lancaster County chiropractors — 204–346% of the U.S. rate

81 chiropractors are counted in Lancaster County — 2.0 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 204% of the U.S. rate of 1.0.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 16% between 2015 and 2023 (63 → 73). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 68506 (Lincoln), 68526 (Lincoln), 68510 (Lincoln) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 68521 (Lincoln), 68512 (Lincoln), 68505 (Lincoln).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 88 establishments, including locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA — so it can run slightly above the sum of the ZIP rows on this page. It is annual, so it lags more than QCEW.

Measured density: Lancaster County sits at 204% of the U.S. rate for chiropractors. 28 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 204% and 346% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 68506 and 68526; the lowest measured density is in 68521 and 68512.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing chiropractors and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Chiropractors
81–149
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (34 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
2.0
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
1.0
per 10,000 present
County index
2.04×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
88
2023 — $14M annual payroll
Residents
325,418
36 ZIPs with data
Workers
153,480
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
332,857
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+3.0%
+9,686 people
Net migration 2024
+2,999
international +3,080, domestic −81
Jobs located here
175,699
LODES 2022, −1.1% since 2019

Lancaster County had an estimated 332,857 residents on July 1, 2024 — 3.0% more than in 2020 (+9,686). In the latest year it gained 4,063 people: births minus deaths +1,051, international migration +3,080, domestic migration −81. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

175,699 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−1.1% since 2019), and 156,306 employed residents lived there (+0.4% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits →  ·  Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
68505 Lincoln
+18.1%
68462 Waverly
+11.6%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change

No ZIP had a statistically significant decrease.

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses
28
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$2.5M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$89K
gross, not profit

Census Nonemployer Statistics counts businesses with no paid employees — a separate universe from the employer establishments counted above; a business is in one or the other, never both. They are not storefronts by definition: many are home-based, mobile, or part-time.

We show them beside the density index, not inside it. In categories such as nail and beauty salons, child care, and pet care, one-person businesses can outnumber employer establishments, so the employer-only count understates how many businesses exist. That is not evidence of higher demand.

Receipts are gross revenue reported for these businesses — not profit, and not the size of the local market. Census publishes this only at county level, so it is not shown on the ZIP map. See methodology.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:
Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more chiropractors in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — up 16% since 2015

Number of chiropractors in Lancaster County across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

63
2015
70
2018
72
2020
71
2021
73
2022
73
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
68506 Lincoln
700%
68526 Lincoln
534%
68510 Lincoln
433%
68516 Lincoln
350%
68505 Lincoln
245%
68512 Lincoln
225%
68521 Lincoln
159%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
68521 Lincoln
159%
68512 Lincoln
225%
68505 Lincoln
245%
68516 Lincoln
350%
68510 Lincoln
433%
68526 Lincoln
534%
68506 Lincoln
700%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few chiropractors may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = chiropractors per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersChiropractors Per 10kIndexStatus
68372Hickman 4,135320 3 7.0 708% Very high density
68506Lincoln 27,53117,438 25 6.9 700% Very high density
68526Lincoln 7,9443,098 5 5.3 534% Very high density
68510Lincoln 19,39117,458 12 4.3 433% Very high density
68516Lincoln 48,90317,957 20 3.5 350% Very high density
68505Lincoln 18,8343,758 5 2.4 245% High density
68512Lincoln 13,8028,411 4 2.2 225% High density
68521Lincoln 37,05015,226 7 1.6 159% High density
68317Bennet 1,984330 0–2 — — Not published
68336Davey 49642 0–2 — — Not published
68339Denton 1,154237 0–2 — — Not published
68358Firth 1,701226 0–2 — — Not published
68368Hallam 477136 0–2 — — Not published
68402Malcolm 1,45994 0–2 — — Not published
68404Martell 1,039416 0–2 — — Not published
68419Panama 24212 0–2 — — Not published
68428Raymond 1,332221 0–2 — — Not published
68430Roca 1,989491 0–2 — — Not published
68438Sprague 17622 0–2 — — Not published
68461Walton 503146 0–2 — — Not published
68462Waverly 4,9282,439 0–2 — — Not published
68501Lincoln —2,740 0–2 — — Not published
68502Lincoln 25,8467,003 0–2 — — Not published
68503Lincoln 15,8673,156 0–2 — — Not published
68504Lincoln 17,27810,054 0–2 — — Not published
68507Lincoln 16,0295,693 0–2 — — Not published
68508Lincoln 18,16323,777 0–2 — — Not published
68509Lincoln —496 0–2 — — Not published
68514Lincoln 420291 0–2 — — Not published
68517Lincoln 415665 0–2 — — Not published
68520Lincoln 2,7621,168 0–2 — — Not published
68522Lincoln 14,8362,926 0–2 — — Not published
68523Lincoln 2,031359 0–2 — — Not published
68524Lincoln 6,1395,689 0–2 — — Not published
68527Lincoln 2,318260 0–2 — — Not published
68528Lincoln 7,2733,878 0–2 — — Not published
68529Lincoln —70 0–2 — — Not published
68531Lincoln 18633 0–2 — — Not published
68532Lincoln 78550 0–2 — — Not published
68542Lincoln —103 0–2 — — Not published
68583Lincoln —15 0–2 — — Not published
68588Lincoln 0175 0–2 — — Not published

Scroll the table sideways to see all columns.

Find an actual space in Lincoln

The numbers above tell you how the market looks. To find a specific storefront, these marketplaces list available retail space for lease.

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Census withholds some ZIP-by-industry cells to protect small businesses. 0–2 means the cell was not published (Census publishes industry counts only at 3+ per ZIP), so the ZIP is left unranked rather than counted as zero. ~ means the count is estimated from the broader industry group and can be off by a business or two.

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 621310 — offices of chiropractors. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. This industry has no clean QCEW series, so the freshest county signal is Census County Business Patterns 2023: 88 establishments and $14M in annual payroll county-wide. This count includes locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA, so it can be slightly higher than the sum of the ZIP rows. CBP is annual and slower than QCEW. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (0.99 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

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