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Primary care and pediatric clinics in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
How the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #380 of 387 scored metro areas
#26 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 132
- 14 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 339
- −6.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $131.9M
- On medical and dental services · $953 a household
- Spending per listing
- $999K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 433,946
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area is 14 (low), #380 of 387 scored metro areas and #26 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area spend about $131.9M a year on medical and dental services, or $953 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 132 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $999K per clinic, 44% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.
There are 132 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 9.5 per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Official counts show 339 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area in 2023, down 6.6% from 2019. That is one for every 408 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $477K have gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area compares
The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the primary care and pediatric clinics counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Brownsville-Harlingen metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 8.7 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $999K | $1.3M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 408 | 486 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.6% | +1.9% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $953 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $52,601 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 339−6.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,360
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $259.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 216Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13214 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 74The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $477K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 433,946+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 138,433
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 892 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 478
- Median household income
- $52,601+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,931
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Jobs located here
- 146,355
- Daytime population
- 405,619Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Killeen-Temple, TX | 70 | 79 | 4.4 | $2.4M | +7.2% | #61 of 387 |
| 2San Angelo, TX | 63 | 17 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +0.3% | #98 of 387 |
| 3Waco, TX | 51 | 64 | 5.8 | $1.8M | +4.2% | #188 of 387 |
| 4Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 51 | 789 | 8.0 | $1.6M | +14.0% | #190 of 387 |
| 5College Station-Bryan, TX | 49 | 61 | 5.8 | $1.8M | +6.9% | #206 of 387 |
| 6Odessa, TX | 48 | 42 | 6.5 | $1.7M | +5.0% | #218 of 387 |
| 7Midland, TX | 43 | 60 | 8.6 | $1.5M | +9.8% | #254 of 387 |
| 8Longview, TX | 41 | 73 | 6.7 | $1.5M | +3.8% | #263 of 387 |
| 9Tyler, TX | 39 | 65 | 7.8 | $1.4M | +7.8% | #277 of 387 |
| 10Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 38 | 2,645 | 9.1 | $1.4M | +10.6% | #287 of 387 |
| 26Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 14 | 132 | 9.5 | $999K | +3.0% | #380 of 387 |
Other business types in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics37
- Dentists and orthodontists59
- Primary care and pediatrics14
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors70
- Physical therapy39
- Optometrists and eye care35
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 132 primary care and pediatric clinics in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area. 14 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 339 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023, down 6.6% from 2019. Another 216 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $131.9M a year, or $953 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 132 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $999K per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 138,433 households in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?
The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has 9.5 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $999K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area would have about 74, against 132 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 408 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −2.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area at 433,946 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 138,433 households. Median household income in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area is $52,601, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.7%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area scores 14 for primary care and pediatric clinics (low), #380 of 387 scored metro areas.
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