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Rockingham County, NH — 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. 42 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 — 1.01× the U.S. rate (between 1.01× and 2.03× 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. 33 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 26 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   Rockingham County physical therapy — 101–203% of the U.S. rate

51 physical therapy are counted in Rockingham County — 1.3 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 101% 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 16% between 2015 and 2023 (38 → 44). 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 03885 (Stratham), 03087 (Windham), 03801 (Portsmouth) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 03038 (Derry), 03053 (Londonderry), 03079 (Salem).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 61 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: Rockingham County sits at 101% of the U.S. rate for physical therapy. 26 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 101% and 203% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 03885 and 03087; the lowest measured density is in 03038 and 03053.

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
51–117
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (33 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
1.3
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
1.3
per 10,000 present
County index
1.01×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
61
2023 — $21M annual payroll
Residents
319,082
35 ZIPs with data
Workers
150,068
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
322,433
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+2.5%
+7,769 people
Net migration 2024
+1,817
international +514, domestic +1,303
Jobs located here
163,015
LODES 2022, +2.8% since 2019

Rockingham County had an estimated 322,433 residents on July 1, 2024 — 2.5% more than in 2020 (+7,769). In the latest year it gained 1,768 people: births minus deaths −57, international migration +514, domestic migration +1,303. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

163,015 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+2.8% since 2019), and 173,042 employed residents lived there (−0.2% 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
03032 Auburn
+12.4%
03087 Windham
+9.8%
03261 Northwood
+8.1%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
03874 Seabrook
−4.9%
03858 Newton
−1.7%

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
129
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$7.7M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$59K
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 16% since 2015

Number of physical therapy in Rockingham 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.

38
2015
33
2018
35
2020
35
2021
40
2022
44
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
03885 Stratham
316%
03087 Windham
294%
03801 Portsmouth
284%
03865 Plaistow
234%
03833 Exeter
133%
03079 Salem
92%
03053 Londonderry
92%
03038 Derry
80%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
03038 Derry
80%
03053 Londonderry
92%
03079 Salem
92%
03833 Exeter
133%
03865 Plaistow
234%
03801 Portsmouth
284%
03087 Windham
294%
03885 Stratham
316%
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
03844Hampton Falls 2,370430 3 11.6 903% Very high density
03885Stratham 7,7544,154 4 4.1 316% Very high density
03087Windham 16,0385,015 7 3.8 294% Very high density
03801Portsmouth 23,48440,621 16 3.7 284% Very high density
03865Plaistow 7,8614,231 3 3.0 234% High density
03833Exeter 22,81712,999 5 1.7 133% Above average
03079Salem 30,96422,357 5 1.2 92% Below average
03053Londonderry 26,32715,179 4 1.2 92% Below average
03038Derry 34,4748,343 4 1.0 80% Below average
03032Auburn 6,1192,307 0–2 — — Not published
03034Candia 4,352766 0–2 — — Not published
03036Chester 5,300408 0–2 — — Not published
03037Deerfield 4,714432 0–2 — — Not published
03041East Derry —23 0–2 — — Not published
03042Epping 7,4303,169 0–2 — — Not published
03044Fremont 4,831609 0–2 — — Not published
03073North Salem —56 0–2 — — Not published
03077Raymond 10,9003,168 0–2 — — Not published
03261Northwood 4,6881,112 0–2 — — Not published
03290Nottingham 5,357230 0–2 — — Not published
03291West Nottingham 09 0–2 — — Not published
03802Portsmouth —190 0–2 — — Not published
03804Portsmouth —83 0–2 — — Not published
03811Atkinson 7,2671,243 0–2 — — Not published
03819Danville 4,471208 0–2 — — Not published
03826East Hampstead 2,654647 0–2 — — Not published
03827East Kingston 3,279383 0–2 — — Not published
03840Greenland 4,1061,955 0–2 — — Not published
03841Hampstead 6,5081,601 0–2 — — Not published
03842Hampton 16,3244,586 0–2 — — Not published
03843Hampton —241 0–2 — — Not published
03848Kingston 6,2751,409 0–2 — — Not published
03854New Castle 827357 0–2 — — Not published
03856Newfields 2,023467 0–2 — — Not published
03857Newmarket 9,4631,412 0–2 — — Not published
03858Newton 4,836443 0–2 — — Not published
03859Newton Junction —46 0–2 — — Not published
03862North Hampton 4,6102,116 0–2 — — Not published
03870Rye 5,1881,246 0–2 — — Not published
03871Rye Beach 35688 0–2 — — Not published
03873Sandown 6,628310 0–2 — — Not published
03874Seabrook 8,4876,067 0–2 — — Not published

Scroll the table sideways to see all columns.

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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: 61 establishments and $21M 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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