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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Elizabethtown, KY metro area
The urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Elizabethtown, KY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #193 of 197 scored metro areas
#4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $53.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,059 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.9M
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 128,666
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Elizabethtown metro area is 17 (low), #193 of 197 scored metro areas and #4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Elizabethtown metro area spend about $53.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,059 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 urgent care and walk-in clinics, that is $8.9M per clinic, 64% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.
The Elizabethtown metro area has 6 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 1.2 for every 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 0.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Elizabethtown metro area classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 8,436 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Elizabethtown metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Elizabethtown metro area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Elizabethtown metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $8.9M | $19.7M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,436 | 11,937 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.7% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,059 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $67,534 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 146
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 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 the Elizabethtown 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 Elizabethtown metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 128,666+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 50,618
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 885 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $67,534
- Average household income
- $91,469
- Median home value
- $218,800
- Jobs located here
- 45,441
- Daytime population
- 119,051Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Elizabethtown metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 63 | 55 | 0.6 | $23.5M | +2.7% | #48 of 197 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 52 | 5 | 0.3 | $31.7M | −2.6% | #90 of 197 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 51 | 7 | 0.6 | $18.7M | +8.5% | #96 of 197 |
| 1Lexington-Fayette, KY | 39 | 13 | 0.6 | $18.6M | +3.4% | #143 of 197 |
| 2Bowling Green, KY | 30 | 6 | 0.8 | $12.6M | +9.5% | #169 of 197 |
| 3Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 29 | 43 | 0.8 | $15.2M | +2.9% | #171 of 197 |
| 4Elizabethtown, KY | 17 | 6 | 1.2 | $8.9M | +2.4% | #193 of 197 |
Other business types in the Elizabethtown 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 clinics24
- Dentists and orthodontists31
- Primary care and pediatrics30
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics17
- Chiropractors45
- Physical therapy37
- Optometrists and eye care25
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the Elizabethtown, KY metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Elizabethtown metro area. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in the Elizabethtown, KY metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $53.6M a year, or $1,059 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $8.9M 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 50,618 households in the Elizabethtown metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Elizabethtown, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
The Elizabethtown metro area has 1.2 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $8.9M, 64% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Elizabethtown metro area would have about 2, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,436 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
How fast is the Elizabethtown, KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Elizabethtown metro area at 128,666 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,618 households. Median household income in the Elizabethtown metro area is $67,534, 16% 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 Elizabethtown metro area scores 17 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (low), #193 of 197 scored metro areas.
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