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El Paso County, TX — 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 — 0.76× the U.S. rate (between 0.76× and 1.05× 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. 30 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 19 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   El Paso County physical therapy — 76–105% of the U.S. rate

97 physical therapy are counted in El Paso County — 1.0 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 76% 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 41% between 2015 and 2023 (49 → 69). 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 79902 (El Paso), 79935 (El Paso), 79911 (El Paso) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 79928 (El Paso), 79924 (El Paso), 79938 (El Paso).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 111 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: El Paso County sits at 76% of the U.S. rate for physical therapy. 19 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 76% and 105% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 79902 and 79935; the lowest measured density is in 79928 and 79924.

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
97–157
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (30 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
1.0
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
1.3
per 10,000 present
County index
0.76×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
111
2023 — $59M annual payroll
Residents
871,270
31 ZIPs with data
Workers
253,085
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
875,784
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+9,100 people
Net migration 2024
−3,033
international +4,315, domestic −7,348
Jobs located here
340,179
LODES 2022, +5.5% since 2019

El Paso County had an estimated 875,784 residents on July 1, 2024 — 1.0% more than in 2020 (+9,100). In the latest year it gained 948 people: births minus deaths +3,999, international migration +4,315, domestic migration −7,348. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

340,179 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+5.5% since 2019), and 339,552 employed residents lived there (+3.3% 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
79911 El Paso
+75.9%
79928 El Paso
+51.3%
79849 San Elizario
+18.5%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
79908 El Paso
−35.4%
79907 El Paso
−12.8%
79936 El Paso
−7.7%

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
390
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$13.9M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$36K
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 41% since 2015

Number of physical therapy in El Paso 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.

49
2015
58
2018
68
2020
63
2021
63
2022
69
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
79902 El Paso
392%
79935 El Paso
267%
79911 El Paso
212%
79912 El Paso
191%
79903 El Paso
163%
79925 El Paso
114%
79936 El Paso
101%
79932 El Paso
93%
79915 El Paso
59%
79938 El Paso
52%
79924 El Paso
48%
79928 El Paso
25%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
79928 El Paso
25%
79924 El Paso
48%
79938 El Paso
52%
79915 El Paso
59%
79932 El Paso
93%
79936 El Paso
101%
79925 El Paso
114%
79903 El Paso
163%
79912 El Paso
191%
79911 El Paso
212%
79935 El Paso
267%
79902 El Paso
392%
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.

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 ResidentsWorkersPhysical therapyIndex
79920El Paso Destination 281,951 0–2 —

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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
79902El Paso 19,03117,501 14 5.0 392% Very high density
79935El Paso 18,7209,094 8 3.4 267% Very high density
79911El Paso 10,1921,609 3 2.7 212% High density
79912El Paso 78,81929,599 23 2.5 191% High density
79903El Paso 14,7158,706 4 2.1 163% High density
79925El Paso 38,62131,486 8 1.5 114% Above average
79936El Paso 102,99140,030 16 1.3 101% Above average
79932El Paso 30,7865,424 4 1.2 93% Below average
79915El Paso 34,23010,192 3 0.8 59% Below average
79938El Paso 99,62110,318 7 0.7 52% Below average
79924El Paso 60,3648,595 4 0.6 48% Far below average
79928El Paso 86,59910,506 3 0.3 25% Far below average
79821Anthony 7,2272,114 0–2 — — Not published
79835Canutillo 11,4402,240 0–2 — — Not published
79836Clint 7,711817 0–2 — — Not published
79838Fabens 4,969581 0–2 — — Not published
79849San Elizario 14,409552 0–2 — — Not published
79853Tornillo 2,686138 0–2 — — Not published
79901El Paso 8,55411,473 0–2 — — Not published
79904El Paso 32,9763,071 0–2 — — Not published
79905El Paso 22,59411,790 0–2 — — Not published
79906El Paso 5,9177,540 0–2 — — Not published
79907El Paso 46,36512,363 0–2 — — Not published
79908El Paso 4,14865 0–2 — — Not published
79913El Paso —52 0–2 — — Not published
79916Fort Bliss 3,0551,158 0–2 — — Not published
79917El Paso —11 0–2 — — Not published
79918Fort Bliss 274225 0–2 — — Not published
79920El Paso 281,951 0–2 — — Not published
79922El Paso 6,8003,769 0–2 — — Not published
79923El Paso —99 0–2 — — Not published
79926El Paso —27 0–2 — — Not published
79927El Paso 44,4445,265 0–2 — — Not published
79929El Paso —158 0–2 — — Not published
79930El Paso 24,1232,716 0–2 — — Not published
79931El Paso —6 0–2 — — Not published
79934El Paso 28,8612,197 0–2 — — Not published
79937El Paso —63 0–2 — — Not published
79968El Paso —257 0–2 — — Not published
79996El Paso —61 0–2 — — Not published
79997El Paso —102 0–2 — — Not published
79998El Paso —45 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: 111 establishments and $59M 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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