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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Anchorage Municipality, AK
The urgent care and walk-in clinics in Anchorage Municipality, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #273 of 325 scored counties
The only scored county in Alaska
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $159.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,473 a household
- Spending per listing
- $16M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 80% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,155
- −1.3% since 2020
See the urgent care and walk-in clinics around any address in Anchorage Municipality
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What this means
Anchorage Municipality scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics, ranking #273 of 325 scored counties and the only scored county in Alaska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,473 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $159.9M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $16M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.
There are 10 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in Anchorage Municipality as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.9, 80% above the U.S. rate of 0.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Anchorage Municipality classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 6,388 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. Population estimates show Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Anchorage Municipality compares
The same measures for Alaska 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.
| Measure | Anchorage Municipality | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $16M | $25.1M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,388 | 8,727 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +40.9% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,473 | $1,394 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $103,284 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 296
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Anchorage Municipality, 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 Anchorage Municipality
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 287,155−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 108,597
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 169
- Median household income
- $103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,200
- Median home value
- $395,900
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardOther business types in Anchorage Municipality
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 clinics35
- Dentists and orthodontists37
- Primary care and pediatrics44
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics31
- Chiropractors34
- Physical therapy31
- Optometrists and eye care47
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 urgent care and walk-in clinics in Anchorage Municipality. None of them are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on medical and dental services?
About $159.9M a year, or $1,473 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $16M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which urgent care and walk-in clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
Anchorage Municipality has 0.9 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 80% above the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $16M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 7, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,388 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?
Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. Anchorage Municipality scores 31 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (lower middle), #273 of 325 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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