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King County, WA — 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. 113 ZIP codes analyzed.

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

Measured density: Range spans bands — 1.30× the U.S. rate (between 1.30× and 1.53× 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. 64 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 33 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

Above the U.S. rate   King County chiropractors — 130–153% of the U.S. rate

378 chiropractors are counted in King County — 1.3 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 130% of the U.S. rate of 1.0.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has fallen 7% between 2015 and 2023 (392 → 366). 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 98005 (Bellevue), 98003 (Federal Way), 98030 (Kent) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 98042 (Kent), 98118 (Seattle), 98144 (Seattle).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 404 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: King County sits at 130% of the U.S. rate for chiropractors. 33 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 130% and 153% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 98005 and 98003; the lowest measured density is in 98042 and 98118.

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
378–506
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (64 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
1.3
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
1.0
per 10,000 present
County index
1.30×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
404
2023 — $76M annual payroll
Residents
2,298,524
82 ZIPs with data
Workers
1,295,866
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
2,340,211
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+65,862 people
Net migration 2024
+35,932
international +48,433, domestic −12,501
Jobs located here
1,462,772
LODES 2022, +6.0% since 2019

King County had an estimated 2,340,211 residents on July 1, 2024 — 2.9% more than in 2020 (+65,862). In the latest year it gained 43,398 people: births minus deaths +7,415, international migration +48,433, domestic migration −12,501. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

1,462,772 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+6.0% since 2019), and 1,114,772 employed residents lived there (+4.5% 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
98101 Seattle
+27.1%
98010 Black Diamond
+22.4%
98034 Kirkland
+20.8%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
98024 Fall City
−43.3%
98148 Seattle
−20.0%
98011 Bothell
−14.4%

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
118
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$8.5M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$72K
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 — down 7% since 2015

Number of chiropractors in King 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.

392
2015
393
2018
389
2020
391
2021
376
2022
366
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
98005 Bellevue
514%
98003 Federal Way
471%
98030 Kent
397%
98148 Seattle
349%
98027 Issaquah
304%
98116 Seattle
286%
98007 Bellevue
285%
98045 North Bend
239%
98033 Kirkland
224%
98002 Auburn
224%
98102 Seattle
218%
98034 Kirkland
207%
98188 Seattle
206%
98166 Seattle
202%
98038 Maple Valley
201%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
98042 Kent
57%
98118 Seattle
74%
98144 Seattle
77%
98155 Seattle
78%
98119 Seattle
82%
98029 Issaquah
87%
98008 Bellevue
100%
98032 Kent
101%
98121 Seattle
106%
98122 Seattle
107%
98117 Seattle
107%
98112 Seattle
112%
98198 Seattle
115%
98115 Seattle
119%
98006 Bellevue
127%
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.

Employment hubs & destinations

These ZIPs have far more workers (or visitors) than residents, so their counts are driven by daytime and visitor demand — not a place to read "shortage" from resident numbers alone.

ZIPNeighborhoodType ResidentsWorkersChiropractorsIndex
98057Renton Employment hub 12,70541,810 7 211%
98134Seattle Destination 64539,386 3 150%
98104Seattle Employment hub 16,54263,710 6 126%
98101Seattle Employment hub 17,15396,469 5 78%
98050Preston Employment hub 1081,014 0–2 —
98164Seattle Employment hub 2922,891 0–2 —
98195Seattle Employment hub 2,7578,614 0–2 —
98288Skykomish Employment hub 169477 0–2 —

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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
98005Bellevue 21,84627,375 18 5.1 514% Very high density
98003Federal Way 51,61921,771 29 4.6 471% Very high density
98030Kent 38,5234,672 16 3.9 397% Very high density
98148Seattle 9,7153,818 4 3.4 349% Very high density
98027Issaquah 28,95522,093 12 3.0 304% Very high density
98116Seattle 28,7116,402 9 2.8 286% Very high density
98007Bellevue 27,69215,738 10 2.8 285% Very high density
98045North Bend 15,2893,325 4 2.4 239% High density
98033Kirkland 40,98226,821 12 2.2 224% High density
98002Auburn 37,50915,645 10 2.2 224% High density
98102Seattle 27,33310,504 7 2.1 218% High density
98057Renton 12,70541,810 7 2.1 211% High density
98034Kirkland 52,53122,274 13 2.0 207% High density
98188Seattle 27,31143,850 10 2.0 206% High density
98166Seattle 22,0826,025 5 2.0 202% High density
98038Maple Valley 37,3246,029 8 2.0 201% High density
98011Bothell 28,96313,644 7 2.0 198% High density
98107Seattle 28,77614,757 7 1.9 196% High density
98055Renton 24,66023,311 7 1.9 196% High density
98109Seattle 34,32868,378 13 1.9 192% High density
98103Seattle 52,67125,838 12 1.8 186% High density
98004Bellevue 39,89774,258 13 1.7 171% High density
98105Seattle 49,76721,275 10 1.7 168% High density
98125Seattle 44,5209,397 8 1.6 165% High density
98126Seattle 22,9754,021 4 1.6 162% High density
98022Enumclaw 22,4186,856 4 1.5 157% High density
98134Seattle 64539,386 3 1.5 150% Above average
98133Seattle 53,24915,774 9 1.5 149% Above average
98052Redmond 80,717106,441 19 1.4 144% Above average
98072Woodinville 24,44623,071 5 1.4 141% Above average
98040Mercer Island 25,3077,524 4 1.4 140% Above average
98146Seattle 28,5732,223 4 1.3 137% Above average
98006Bellevue 40,00915,660 6 1.3 127% Above average
98104Seattle 16,54263,710 6 1.2 126% Above average
98115Seattle 54,34911,038 7 1.2 119% Above average
98198Seattle 40,4636,976 5 1.1 115% Above average
98112Seattle 23,9216,614 3 1.1 112% Above average
98117Seattle 35,7114,293 4 1.1 107% Above average
98122Seattle 43,23427,645 6 1.1 107% Above average
98121Seattle 21,16634,570 4 1.0 106% Above average
98032Kent 40,86259,428 7 1.0 101% Above average
98008Bellevue 27,2426,622 3 1.0 100% Below average
98029Issaquah 30,5868,592 3 0.9 87% Below average
98119Seattle 26,87920,382 3 0.8 82% Below average
98155Seattle 36,5114,619 3 0.8 78% Below average
98101Seattle 17,15396,469 5 0.8 78% Below average
98144Seattle 33,78711,888 3 0.8 77% Below average
98118Seattle 50,5008,751 4 0.7 74% Below average
98042Kent 50,2167,063 3 0.6 57% Below average
98001Auburn 37,46029,403 0–2 — — Not published
98009Bellevue —289 0–2 — — Not published
98010Black Diamond 6,8571,045 0–2 — — Not published
98013Burton —2 0–2 — — Not published
98014Carnation 8,2641,148 0–2 — — Not published
98015Bellevue —29 0–2 — — Not published
98019Duvall 12,2421,647 0–2 — — Not published
98023Federal Way 50,4483,990 0–2 — — Not published
98024Fall City 3,908546 0–2 — — Not published
98025Hobart 523 0–2 — — Not published
98028Kenmore 23,7413,227 0–2 — — Not published
98031Kent 40,0948,748 0–2 — — Not published
98035Kent —236 0–2 — — Not published
98039Medina 2,928408 0–2 — — Not published
98041Bothell —867 0–2 — — Not published
98047Pacific 6,8174,522 0–2 — — Not published
98050Preston 1081,014 0–2 — — Not published
98051Ravensdale 3,442461 0–2 — — Not published
98053Redmond 22,7655,764 0–2 — — Not published
98056Renton 35,8494,257 0–2 — — Not published
98058Renton 42,9803,663 0–2 — — Not published
98059Renton 42,4064,262 0–2 — — Not published
98062Seahurst —13 0–2 — — Not published
98063Federal Way —229 0–2 — — Not published
98064Kent —77 0–2 — — Not published
98065Snoqualmie 15,9445,392 0–2 — — Not published
98070Vashon 9,9342,416 0–2 — — Not published
98071Auburn —635 0–2 — — Not published
98073Redmond —1,109 0–2 — — Not published
98074Sammamish 30,7612,868 0–2 — — Not published
98075Sammamish 25,4982,019 0–2 — — Not published
98077Woodinville 14,1091,191 0–2 — — Not published
98083Kirkland —235 0–2 — — Not published
98092Auburn 50,2243,898 0–2 — — Not published
98093Federal Way —20 0–2 — — Not published
98106Seattle 28,6906,209 0–2 — — Not published
98108Seattle 25,52929,689 0–2 — — Not published
98111Seattle —376 0–2 — — Not published
98113Seattle —49 0–2 — — Not published
98114Seattle —92 0–2 — — Not published
98124Seattle —367 0–2 — — Not published
98127Seattle —22 0–2 — — Not published
98136Seattle 17,2522,026 0–2 — — Not published
98138Seattle —77 0–2 — — Not published
98139Seattle —30 0–2 — — Not published
98145Seattle —36 0–2 — — Not published
98154Seattle 02,163 0–2 — — Not published
98158Seattle 011,629 0–2 — — Not published
98160Seattle —34 0–2 — — Not published
98161Seattle —546 0–2 — — Not published
98164Seattle 2922,891 0–2 — — Not published
98165Seattle —26 0–2 — — Not published
98168Seattle 35,52816,934 0–2 — — Not published
98170Seattle —19 0–2 — — Not published
98174Seattle 022 0–2 — — Not published
98175Seattle —8 0–2 — — Not published
98177Seattle 21,0901,698 0–2 — — Not published
98178Seattle 26,7481,850 0–2 — — Not published
98181Seattle —23 0–2 — — Not published
98191Seattle —693 0–2 — — Not published
98194Seattle —4 0–2 — — Not published
98195Seattle 2,7578,614 0–2 — — Not published
98199Seattle 22,4684,960 0–2 — — Not published
98288Skykomish 169477 0–2 — — Not published

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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: 404 establishments and $76M 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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