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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Chico, CA metro area
How the Chico, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $102.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,228 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 209,211
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
There are no urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in the Chico metro area as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Chico metro area would have about 4, against none on map listings.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Chico metro area comes to about $102.3M a year: $1,228 per household, 5% 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 Chico metro area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 11,902 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Chico metro area declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, the Chico metro area isn’t given a market score for them.
How the Chico metro area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Chico metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $23.8M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,902 | 11,078 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +48.8% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,228 | $1,464 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $67,928 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.4M
- 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
- 4The 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 Chico 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 Chico metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 209,211−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 83,312
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,637 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 127
- Median household income
- $67,928+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,439
- Median home value
- $424,700
- Jobs located here
- 75,172
- Daytime population
- 203,711Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in California, with the Chico metro area marked.
Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 77 | 34 | 0.5 | $36.2M | −0.6% | #10 of 197 |
| 2San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 76 | 60 | 0.3 | $49.1M | −2.4% | #11 of 197 |
| 3Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 70 | 38 | 0.4 | $33.2M | +3.2% | #27 of 197 |
| 4Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 66 | 5 | 0.5 | $30M | −4.7% | #36 of 197 |
| 5Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 65 | 12 | 0.6 | $23.8M | −0.4% | #40 of 197 |
| 6Fresno, CA | 64 | 13 | 0.4 | $35.9M | +3.2% | #41 of 197 |
| 7Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 58 | 71 | 0.5 | $27.9M | +3.5% | #65 of 197 |
| 8Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 52 | 8 | 0.3 | $43.5M | +2.3% | #89 of 197 |
| 9Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 51 | 7 | 0.5 | $31.1M | −1.4% | #95 of 197 |
| 10San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 46 | 101 | 0.9 | $17.4M | −0.6% | #114 of 197 |
| Chico, CA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −0.5% |
Other business types in the Chico 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 clinics46
- Dentists and orthodontists30
- Primary care and pediatrics50
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors40
- Physical therapy44
- 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 the Chico, CA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show no urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Chico metro area. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in the Chico, CA metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $102.3M a year, or $1,228 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, 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 83,312 households in the Chico metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Chico, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
The Chico 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 Chico metro area would have about 4, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,902 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
How fast is the Chico, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Chico metro area at 209,211 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 83,312 households. The median household income in the Chico metro area is $67,928 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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 Chico metro area has no market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics, having none on map listings.
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