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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Howard County, IN

The urgent care and walk-in clinics in Howard County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$46.3M
On medical and dental services · $1,301 a household
Spending per listing
$23.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
83,904
+0.4% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on medical and dental services in Howard County comes to about $46.3M a year: $1,301 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $23.2M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.

There are 2 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in Howard County as of September 2026. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Howard County classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 11,864 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Howard County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, Howard County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Howard County 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.

Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Howard County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureHoward CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.60.50.5
Spending per listing$23.2M$28.8M$24.5M
Households per official establishment11,86413,37912,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+45.0%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,301$1,390$1,288
Median household income$64,027$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored58

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
50
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
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 Howard 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 Howard County

Population, 2025 estimate
83,904+0.4% since 2020
Households
35,593
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
293 sq. mi.
People per square mile
286
Median household income
$64,027+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,020
Median home value
$165,000
Jobs located here
35,309
Daytime population
82,151Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Allen County, IN6880.5$26.9M+4.2%#51 of 325
2Hamilton County, IN67100.7$24.9M+10.9%#55 of 325
3Marion County, IN63160.4$33.8M+1.6%#76 of 325
4St. Joseph County, IN5050.5$29M+0.1%#159 of 325
5Porter County, IN4860.9$17.3M+1.6%#176 of 325
6Elkhart County, IN4081.1$12.2M+0.9%#234 of 325
7Vanderburgh County, IN3750.6$20.3M+0.9%#243 of 325
8Clark County, IN3391.8$7.9M+7.5%#264 of 325
9Kosciusko County, IN2761.9$7.4M+0.9%#296 of 325
Howard County, INNot scored20.6$23.2M+0.4%

Other business types in Howard 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 Howard County, IN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 urgent care and walk-in clinics in Howard County. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in Howard County, IN spend on medical and dental services?

About $46.3M a year, or $1,301 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $23.2M 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 35,593 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Howard County has 2 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. 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 11,864 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

How fast is Howard County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Howard County at 83,904 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,593 households. Median household income in Howard County is $64,027, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. Howard County has no market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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