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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Imperial County, CA

How Imperial County, CA compares with other counties 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$55.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,115 a household
Spending per listing
$55.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
181,411
+1.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic in Imperial County. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.

At $1,115 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Imperial County spend about $55.4M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $55.4M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which urgent care and walk-in clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Imperial County in 2023. That is one for every 12,411 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Imperial County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, Imperial County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Imperial County 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.

Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Imperial County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureImperial CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.20.60.5
Spending per listing$55.4M$23.8M$24.5M
Households per official establishment12,41111,07812,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+48.8%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,115$1,464$1,288
Median household income$57,681$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored39

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
138
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Imperial County, 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 Imperial County

Population, 2025 estimate
181,411+1.1% since 2020
Households
49,644
Median age
33.6
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,176 sq. mi.
People per square mile
43
Median household income
$57,681+21.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,363
Median home value
$309,600
Jobs located here
63,081
Daytime population
165,766Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across California

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The highest-scoring counties in California for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in California, with Imperial County marked.

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1San Mateo County, CA7890.3$52.8M−2.5%#11 of 325
2Contra Costa County, CA77100.2$68M+0.3%#15 of 325
3Alameda County, CA76190.3$52.1M−2.6%#19 of 325
4Santa Clara County, CA76340.5$35.3M−0.9%#20 of 325
5San Francisco County, CA72180.5$34.3M−5.6%#34 of 325
6Placer County, CA7290.6$27.4M+8.9%#37 of 325
7Sacramento County, CA68230.4$34.4M+2.0%#49 of 325
8Riverside County, CA66320.4$33.8M+5.0%#57 of 325
9Santa Cruz County, CA6650.5$30M−4.7%#59 of 325
10Sonoma County, CA66120.6$23.8M−0.4%#60 of 325
Imperial County, CANot scored10.2$55.4M+1.1%

Other business types in Imperial County

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 Imperial County, CA?

There is 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings in Imperial County as of September 2026. 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 Imperial County, CA spend on medical and dental services?

About $55.4M a year, or $1,115 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, it comes to $55.4M per clinic. 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 49,644 households in Imperial County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Imperial County, CA compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

Imperial County has 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, Imperial County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,411 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

How fast is Imperial County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Imperial County at 181,411 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,644 households. The median household income in Imperial County is $57,681 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.1% 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. Imperial County has no market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Imperial County. It maps the urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for urgent care and walk-in clinics · All 56 business types in Imperial County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Imperial County?

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