Physical & Occupational Therapy in Altoona, IA

Altoona has 45 licensed therapists with a registered practice address, across 5 licence types.

With a population of 22,796, that works out to 19.7 providers per 10,000 residents. Density is a rough measure: providers register a practice address, which may be a clinic serving a much wider area than the city itself.

Density is the closest public proxy for how hard it will be to get an appointment, but it is only a proxy. It counts everyone with a registered address here, including people who have retired, moved or stopped taking new clients — nothing forces those records to be updated. Read it as an encouraging upper bound rather than a promise.

Altoona is the 33rd largest concentration in Iowa by number of providers, accounting for 0.6% of the state total.

The largest single group is physical therapist, at 30 providers or 67% of the total. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training and scope, so the mix here partly reflects how Iowa licenses its providers.

Just over half of the licensed therapists here — 67% — hold the same licence, physical therapist. Where one type dominates like this, the practical question is less which letters someone has than whether they work with what you are bringing to them.

These counts come from the federal NPI registry. A provider appears here if they hold an active NPI with a practice address in this area — it does not mean they are currently accepting new clients, and the registry does not record insurance, fees or availability.