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Honolulu County, HI — Physical therapy Saturation

How many physical therapy 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. 51 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Physical therapy clinics · Occupational therapy offices · Speech therapy offices · Audiology offices. Counted together because official statistics use one 621340 code.

Measured density: Below average — 0.75× the U.S. rate (between 0.75× and 1.00× 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. 36 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 18 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   Honolulu County physical therapy — 75–100% of the U.S. rate

113 physical therapy are counted in Honolulu County — 1.0 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 75% of the U.S. rate of 1.3.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 39% between 2015 and 2023 (66 → 92). 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 96814 (Honolulu), 96813 (Honolulu), 96817 (Honolulu) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 96706 (Ewa Beach), 96789 (Mililani), 96744 (Kaneohe).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 124 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: Honolulu County sits at 75% of the U.S. rate for physical therapy. 18 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 75% and 100% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 96814 and 96813; the lowest measured density is in 96706 and 96789.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing physical therapy 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.

Physical therapy
113–185
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (36 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
1.0
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
1.3
per 10,000 present
County index
0.75×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
124
2023 — $46M annual payroll
Residents
1,000,573
33 ZIPs with data
Workers
327,883
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
998,747
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
−1.3%
−13,660 people
Net migration 2024
+1,956
international +8,846, domestic −6,890
Jobs located here
426,159
LODES 2022, +6.3% since 2019

Honolulu County had an estimated 998,747 residents on July 1, 2024 — 1.3% fewer than in 2020 (−13,660). In the latest year it gained 4,171 people: births minus deaths +2,303, international migration +8,846, domestic migration −6,890. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

426,159 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+6.3% since 2019), and 389,191 employed residents lived there (+3.6% 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
96860 Jbphh
+112.7%
96857 Schofield Barracks
+42.9%
96814 Honolulu
+23.2%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
96818 Honolulu
−8.1%

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
248
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$16.7M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$67K
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 physical therapy 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 39% since 2015

Number of physical therapy in Honolulu 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.

66
2015
75
2018
76
2020
82
2021
88
2022
92
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
96814 Honolulu
283%
96813 Honolulu
222%
96817 Honolulu
193%
96734 Kailua
140%
96701 Aiea
136%
96797 Waipahu
96%
96782 Pearl City
93%
96707 Kapolei
79%
96826 Honolulu
70%
96816 Honolulu
69%
96786 Wahiawa
55%
96819 Honolulu
52%
96744 Kaneohe
50%
96789 Mililani
41%
96706 Ewa Beach
36%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
96706 Ewa Beach
36%
96789 Mililani
41%
96744 Kaneohe
50%
96819 Honolulu
52%
96786 Wahiawa
55%
96816 Honolulu
69%
96826 Honolulu
70%
96707 Kapolei
79%
96782 Pearl City
93%
96797 Waipahu
96%
96701 Aiea
136%
96734 Kailua
140%
96817 Honolulu
193%
96813 Honolulu
222%
96814 Honolulu
283%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few physical therapy 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 = physical therapy per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersPhysical therapy Per 10kIndexStatus
96814Honolulu 24,68933,117 15 3.6 283% Very high density
96813Honolulu 26,76651,700 15 2.9 222% High density
96817Honolulu 55,49225,917 17 2.5 193% High density
96734Kailua 50,6709,539 10 1.8 140% Above average
96701Aiea 39,20013,332 8 1.7 136% Above average
96797Waipahu 72,43516,759 10 1.2 96% Below average
96782Pearl City 37,4758,830 5 1.2 93% Below average
96707Kapolei 48,80720,903 6 1.0 79% Below average
96826Honolulu 29,1747,939 3 0.9 70% Below average
96816Honolulu 50,88310,696 5 0.9 69% Below average
96786Wahiawa 40,6583,448 3 0.7 55% Below average
96819Honolulu 50,34548,486 5 0.7 52% Below average
96744Kaneohe 57,6208,686 4 0.6 50% Below average
96789Mililani 54,2785,812 3 0.5 41% Far below average
96706Ewa Beach 83,6925,048 4 0.5 36% Far below average
96709Kapolei —100 0–2 — — Not published
96712Haleiwa 8,2041,979 0–2 — — Not published
96717Hauula 4,580362 0–2 — — Not published
96730Kaaawa 1,47842 0–2 — — Not published
96731Kahuku 2,7821,414 0–2 — — Not published
96759Kunia 065 0–2 — — Not published
96762Laie 5,7103,438 0–2 — — Not published
96791Waialua 6,377651 0–2 — — Not published
96792Waianae 49,6183,702 0–2 — — Not published
96795Waimanalo 10,675985 0–2 — — Not published
96801Honolulu —127 0–2 — — Not published
96805Honolulu —355 0–2 — — Not published
96808Honolulu —143 0–2 — — Not published
96810Honolulu —74 0–2 — — Not published
96812Honolulu —169 0–2 — — Not published
96815Honolulu 27,53026,027 0–2 — — Not published
96818Honolulu 54,8225,399 0–2 — — Not published
96820Honolulu 050 0–2 — — Not published
96821Honolulu 20,0531,808 0–2 — — Not published
96822Honolulu 43,7475,600 0–2 — — Not published
96823Honolulu —17 0–2 — — Not published
96824Honolulu —13 0–2 — — Not published
96825Honolulu 30,9133,590 0–2 — — Not published
96828Honolulu —25 0–2 — — Not published
96830Honolulu —5 0–2 — — Not published
96837Honolulu —8 0–2 — — Not published
96839Honolulu —19 0–2 — — Not published
96850Honolulu 025 0–2 — — Not published
96853Jbphh 526451 0–2 — — Not published
96854Wheeler Army Airfield —115 0–2 — — Not published
96857Schofield Barracks 4,0391,282 0–2 — — Not published
96858Fort Shafter 323259 0–2 — — Not published
96859Tripler Army Medical Center 02,298 0–2 — — Not published
96860Jbphh 4,710457 0–2 — — Not published
96861Camp H M Smith —210 0–2 — — Not published
96863Mcbh Kaneohe Bay 2,302225 0–2 — — Not published

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 621340 — offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists. 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: 124 establishments and $46M 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 (1.29 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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