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Jefferson Parish, LA — 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. 31 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: Range spans bands — 0.96× the U.S. rate (between 0.96× and 1.20× 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. 22 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 8 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   Jefferson Parish physical therapy — 96–120% of the U.S. rate

64 physical therapy are counted in Jefferson Parish — 1.2 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 96% 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 54% between 2015 and 2023 (37 → 57). 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 70006 (Metairie), 70002 (Metairie), 70005 (Metairie) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 70056 (Gretna), 70003 (Metairie), 70065 (Kenner).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 70 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: Jefferson Parish sits at 96% of the U.S. rate for physical therapy. 8 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 96% and 120% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 70006 and 70002; the lowest measured density is in 70056 and 70003.

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
64–108
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (22 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
1.2
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
1.3
per 10,000 present
County index
0.96×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
70
2023 — $22M annual payroll
Residents
430,920
17 ZIPs with data
Workers
175,436
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
427,253
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
−2.8%
−12,494 people
Net migration 2024
+940
international +6,066, domestic −5,126
Jobs located here
195,497
LODES 2022, −2.2% since 2019

Jefferson Parish had an estimated 427,253 residents on July 1, 2024 — 2.8% fewer than in 2020 (−12,494). In the latest year it gained 1,596 people: births minus deaths +684, international migration +6,066, domestic migration −5,126. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

195,497 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−2.2% since 2019), and 174,618 employed residents lived there (−7.5% 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 →

Nonemployer businesses (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses
169
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$8.8M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$52K
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 54% since 2015

Number of physical therapy in Jefferson Parish 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.

37
2015
52
2018
56
2020
52
2021
57
2022
57
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
70006 Metairie
444%
70002 Metairie
213%
70005 Metairie
189%
70121 New Orleans
173%
70123 New Orleans
156%
70001 Metairie
131%
70065 Kenner
130%
70003 Metairie
72%
70056 Gretna
53%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
70056 Gretna
53%
70003 Metairie
72%
70065 Kenner
130%
70001 Metairie
131%
70123 New Orleans
156%
70121 New Orleans
173%
70005 Metairie
189%
70002 Metairie
213%
70006 Metairie
444%
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
70006Metairie 16,1709,688 12 5.7 444% Very high density
70002Metairie 19,42626,820 9 2.7 213% High density
70005Metairie 24,0889,366 7 2.4 189% High density
70121New Orleans 10,55814,920 4 2.2 173% High density
70123New Orleans 27,38625,160 8 2.0 156% High density
70001Metairie 38,95017,090 8 1.7 131% Above average
70065Kenner 48,93610,050 9 1.7 130% Above average
70003Metairie 39,3448,174 4 0.9 72% Below average
70056Gretna 40,3487,417 3 0.7 53% Below average
70004Metairie —79 0–2 — — Not published
70009Metairie —2 0–2 — — Not published
70011Metairie —27 0–2 — — Not published
70033Metairie —3 0–2 — — Not published
70036Barataria 54451 0–2 — — Not published
70053Gretna 16,6215,871 0–2 — — Not published
70054Gretna —301 0–2 — — Not published
70055Metairie —20 0–2 — — Not published
70058Harvey 39,57813,443 0–2 — — Not published
70059Harvey —26 0–2 — — Not published
70062Kenner 17,77112,666 0–2 — — Not published
70063Kenner —178 0–2 — — Not published
70064Kenner —72 0–2 — — Not published
70067Lafitte 2,754296 0–2 — — Not published
70072Marrero 55,69310,099 0–2 — — Not published
70073Marrero —28 0–2 — — Not published
70094Westwego 32,1304,141 0–2 — — Not published
70096Westwego —113 0–2 — — Not published
70141New Orleans —196 0–2 — — Not published
70181New Orleans —200 0–2 — — Not published
70183New Orleans —23 0–2 — — Not published
70358Grand Isle 623184 0–2 — — Not published

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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 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: 70 establishments and $22M 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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