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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Lawrence, KS metro area
How the Lawrence, KS 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $71M
- On medical and dental services · $1,410 a household
- Spending per listing
- $71M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 120,920
- +1.8% since 2020
See the urgent care and walk-in clinics around any address in the Lawrence metro area
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic in the Lawrence metro area. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.
At $1,410 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in the Lawrence metro area spend about $71M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $71M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which urgent care and walk-in clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Lawrence metro area classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 16,802 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lawrence metro area grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, the Lawrence metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Lawrence metro area compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Lawrence metro area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $71M | $42.8M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 16,802 | 12,104 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +36.6% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,410 | $1,422 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $69,746 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 69
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,920+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 50,406
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 264
- Median household income
- $69,746+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,109
- Median home value
- $309,400
- Jobs located here
- 51,342
- Daytime population
- 115,968Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in the Lawrence metro area?
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Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardUrgent care and walk-in clinics across Kansas
Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kansas for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Kansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lawrence metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 64 | 49 | 0.5 | $27.5M | +3.4% | #43 of 197 |
| 1Wichita, KS | 54 | 13 | 0.5 | $27M | +2.4% | #82 of 197 |
| Lawrence, KS | Not scored | 1 | 0.2 | $71M | +1.8% |
Other business types in the Lawrence 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 clinics77
- Dentists and orthodontists59
- Primary care and pediatrics83
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors33
- Physical therapy78
- Optometrists and eye care35
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the Lawrence, KS metro area?
There is 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings in the Lawrence metro area as of September 2026. 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 the Lawrence, KS metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $71M a year, or $1,410 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, it comes to $71M 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 50,406 households in the Lawrence metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lawrence, KS metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
The Lawrence metro area 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, the Lawrence metro area would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,802 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lawrence, KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lawrence metro area at 120,920 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,406 households. The median household income in the Lawrence metro area is $69,746 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.4% 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 Lawrence metro area 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?
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