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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area

How the Cedar Rapids, IA 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 · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #29 of 197 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Iowa

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$164.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,447 a household
Spending per listing
$33M
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.4
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
279,285
+1.0% 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 5 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Cedar Rapids metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.4, 20% below the U.S. rate of 0.5.

At $1,447 per household (12% above the U.S. average), households in the Cedar Rapids metro area spend about $164.9M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $33M per clinic, 34% above the U.S. figure of $24.5M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which urgent care and walk-in clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Cedar Rapids metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in the Cedar Rapids metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Cedar Rapids metro area scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics, ranking #29 of 197 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Iowa. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Cedar Rapids metro area compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Cedar Rapids, IA metro area compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureCedar Rapids metro areaIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.30.5
Spending per listing$33M$42.2M$24.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a37,59212,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.0%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,447$1,412$1,288
Median household income$78,080$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score6977

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 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 the Cedar Rapids 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 Cedar Rapids metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
279,285+1.0% since 2020
Households
114,000
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,009 sq. mi.
People per square mile
138
Median household income
$78,080+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,989
Median home value
$211,500
Jobs located here
142,164
Daytime population
283,130Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across Iowa

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Cedar Rapids metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Iowa

Metro areas in Iowa ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA9280.3$56.3M+6.7%#1 of 197
Omaha, NE-IA76150.4$39.3M+4.2%#12 of 197
2Cedar Rapids, IA6950.4$33M+1.0%#29 of 197
3Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL5390.6$25.1M−0.9%#85 of 197

Other business types in the Cedar Rapids metro area

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 the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area?

There are 5 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in the Cedar Rapids metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. No official count is published for freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Cedar Rapids metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $164.9M a year, or $1,447 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $33M 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 114,000 households in the Cedar Rapids metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

The Cedar Rapids metro area has 0.4 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $33M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Cedar Rapids metro area would have about 7, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Cedar Rapids metro area at 279,285 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 114,000 households. The median household income in the Cedar Rapids metro area is $78,080 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.7% 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 Cedar Rapids metro area scores 69 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (upper middle), #29 of 197 scored metro areas.

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