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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area

How the Paducah, KY-IL 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
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$44.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,073 a household
Spending per listing
$44.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
102,259
−1.2% 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

Households in the Paducah metro area spend about $44.8M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,073 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $44.8M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.

The Paducah metro area has 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Paducah metro area in 2023. That is one for every 5,962 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Paducah metro area declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, the Paducah 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 Paducah 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.

Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Paducah, KY-IL metro area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasurePaducah metro areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.20.50.5
Spending per listing$44.8M$19.7M$24.5M
Households per official establishment5,96211,93712,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+35.7%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,073$1,042$1,288
Median household income$64,160$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored25

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
124
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
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 Paducah 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 Paducah metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
102,259−1.2% since 2020
Households
41,735
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,236 sq. mi.
People per square mile
83
Median household income
$64,160
Average household income
$88,236
Median home value
$168,700
Jobs located here
48,716
Daytime population
107,914Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across Kentucky

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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 Paducah metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Kentucky

Metro areas in Kentucky ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN63550.6$23.5M+2.7%#48 of 197
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH5250.3$31.7M−2.6%#90 of 197
Clarksville, TN-KY5170.6$18.7M+8.5%#96 of 197
1Lexington-Fayette, KY39130.6$18.6M+3.4%#143 of 197
2Bowling Green, KY3060.8$12.6M+9.5%#169 of 197
3Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN29430.8$15.2M+2.9%#171 of 197
4Elizabethtown, KY1761.2$8.9M+2.4%#193 of 197
Paducah, KY-ILNot scored10.2$44.8M−1.2%

Other business types in the Paducah 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 Paducah, KY-IL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic in the Paducah metro area. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $44.8M a year, or $1,073 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, it comes to $44.8M 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 41,735 households in the Paducah metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Paducah, KY-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

The Paducah 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 U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Paducah metro area would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,962 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

How fast is the Paducah, KY-IL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Paducah metro area at 102,259 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,735 households. Median household income in the Paducah metro area is $64,160, 21% 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 Paducah 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.

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