Health care · Metro area · Indiana
Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Fort Wayne, IN metro area
The urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Fort Wayne, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #33 of 197 scored metro areas
#2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $250.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,375 a household
- Spending per listing
- $25M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 466,258
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Fort Wayne metro area spend about $250.5M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,375 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $25M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 2% above 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 the Fort Wayne metro area as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 24% across the U.S. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Fort Wayne metro area classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 18,215 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fort Wayne metro area grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For urgent care and walk-in clinics, the Fort Wayne metro area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #33 of 197 scored metro areas and #2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Fort Wayne metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Fort Wayne metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $25M | $28.8M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 18,215 | 13,379 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.0% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,375 | $1,390 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $71,213 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 124
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 466,258+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 182,145
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 335
- Median household income
- $71,213
- Average household income
- $93,321
- Median home value
- $214,100
- Jobs located here
- 229,223
- Daytime population
- 467,926Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fort Wayne metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 76 | 36 | 0.4 | $34.8M | +5.4% | #13 of 197 |
| 2Fort Wayne, IN | 67 | 10 | 0.5 | $25M | +3.9% | #33 of 197 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 64 | 239 | 0.7 | $24.1M | 0.0% | #44 of 197 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 63 | 55 | 0.6 | $23.5M | +2.7% | #48 of 197 |
| 3South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 58 | 5 | 0.4 | $34.9M | +0.1% | #63 of 197 |
| 4Evansville, IN | 52 | 5 | 0.4 | $31.1M | +1.6% | #91 of 197 |
| 5Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 38 | 8 | 1.1 | $12.2M | +0.9% | #151 of 197 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 29 | 43 | 0.8 | $15.2M | +2.9% | #171 of 197 |
Other business types in the Fort Wayne 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 clinics51
- Dentists and orthodontists72
- Primary care and pediatrics66
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics67
- Chiropractors63
- Physical therapy59
- 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 Fort Wayne, IN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Fort Wayne metro area. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in the Fort Wayne, IN metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $250.5M a year, or $1,375 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $25M 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 182,145 households in the Fort Wayne metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fort Wayne, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
The Fort Wayne metro area has 0.5 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $25M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $24.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,215 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fort Wayne, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fort Wayne metro area at 466,258 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 182,145 households. Median household income in the Fort Wayne metro area is $71,213, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Fort Wayne metro area scores 67 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (upper middle), #33 of 197 scored metro areas.
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