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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Linn County, IA

The urgent care and walk-in clinics in Linn County, IA, 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 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$138.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,451 a household
Spending per listing
$34.7M
41% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.4
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
232,028
+0.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 urgent care and walk-in clinics in Linn County. That comes to 0.4 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 0.5.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Linn County comes to about $138.7M a year: $1,451 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $34.7M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 41% 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 Linn County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Linn County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, Linn County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Linn County 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 Linn County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureLinn CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.30.5
Spending per listing$34.7M$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+0.7%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,451$1,412$1,288
Median household income$77,649$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored77

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
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Linn 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 Linn County

Population, 2025 estimate
232,028+0.7% since 2020
Households
95,600
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
717 sq. mi.
People per square mile
321
Median household income
$77,649+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,478
Median home value
$214,300
Jobs located here
130,525
Daytime population
248,541Residents 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 counties in Iowa for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Linn County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Polk County, IA8460.3$51.5M+4.8%#4 of 325
2Scott County, IA4060.8$17.7M+0.4%#229 of 325
Linn County, IANot scored40.4$34.7M+0.7%

Other business types in Linn 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 Linn County, IA?

Linn County has 4 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. No official count is published for freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Linn County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Linn County, IA spend on medical and dental services?

About $138.7M a year, or $1,451 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $34.7M 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 95,600 households in Linn County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Linn County 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 $34.7M, 41% above the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, Linn County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Linn County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Linn County at 232,028 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 95,600 households. The median household income in Linn County is $77,649 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.6% 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. Linn County has no market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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

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