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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Decatur, AL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Decatur, AL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$66.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,064 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
160,326
+2.5% since 2020

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What this means

There are no urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in the Decatur metro area as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Decatur metro area would have about 3, against none on map listings.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Decatur metro area comes to about $66.7M a year: $1,064 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which urgent care and walk-in clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Decatur metro area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 15,667 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Decatur metro area grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, the Decatur metro area isn’t given a market score for them.

How the Decatur metro area compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the urgent care and walk-in 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.

Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Decatur, AL metro area compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureDecatur metro areaAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.00.40.5
Spending per listingn/a$25.9M$24.5M
Households per official establishment15,66719,20412,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.0%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,064$1,050$1,288
Median household income$68,116$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored51

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
116
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Decatur 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 Decatur metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
160,326+2.5% since 2020
Households
62,667
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,270 sq. mi.
People per square mile
124
Median household income
$68,116+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,472
Median home value
$202,500
Jobs located here
58,542
Daytime population
149,857Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across Alabama

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Decatur metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Alabama

Metro areas in Alabama ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Huntsville, AL53120.6$20.6M+12.5%#88 of 197
2Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL5070.7$16M+14.8%#102 of 197
3Birmingham, AL40280.6$18.4M+1.4%#136 of 197
4Tuscaloosa, AL4060.6$18.1M+2.9%#138 of 197
5Montgomery, AL36120.8$13.1M+0.9%#156 of 197
Columbus, GA-AL2070.5$18.4M−1.3%#190 of 197
Decatur, ALNot scored00.0n/a+2.5%

Other business types in the Decatur metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the Decatur, AL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Decatur metro area. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in the Decatur, AL metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $66.7M a year, or $1,064 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 62,667 households in the Decatur metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Decatur, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

The Decatur metro area has no urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Decatur metro area would have about 3, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,667 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

How fast is the Decatur, AL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Decatur metro area at 160,326 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 62,667 households. The median household income in the Decatur metro area is $68,116 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Decatur metro area has no market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics, having none on map listings.

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