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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Alpena County, MI

How Alpena County, MI compares with other counties 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
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$15.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,216 a household
Spending per listing
$15.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
28,853
−0.1% 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 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic in Alpena County. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.

At $1,216 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Alpena County spend about $15.8M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $15.8M of household spending for each clinic on map listings. 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 Alpena County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Alpena County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, Alpena County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Alpena County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Alpena County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureAlpena CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.60.5
Spending per listing$15.8M$24.9M$24.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a14,40412,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+47.4%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,216$1,412$1,288
Median household income$53,950$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

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
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Alpena 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 Alpena County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,853−0.1% since 2020
Households
13,019
Median age
47.4
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
572 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$53,950+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,418
Median home value
$153,900
Jobs located here
11,363
Daytime population
29,194Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across Michigan

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The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Alpena County marked.

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ottawa County, MI7460.5$28.7M+3.9%#28 of 325
2Kalamazoo County, MI7250.5$30.3M+0.8%#35 of 325
3Kent County, MI65180.7$21.2M+2.5%#70 of 325
4Washtenaw County, MI64110.7$21.7M−0.4%#73 of 325
5Livingston County, MI5960.8$21.3M+1.7%#107 of 325
6Genesee County, MI5760.4$36.5M−1.1%#122 of 325
7Wayne County, MI51380.5$24.3M−1.1%#153 of 325
8Macomb County, MI50240.7$21.4M+0.7%#162 of 325
9Saginaw County, MI4260.8$16.8M−1.1%#213 of 325
10Oakland County, MI39541.0$16.2M+1.2%#237 of 325
Alpena County, MINot scored10.8$15.8M−0.1%

Other business types in Alpena 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 Alpena County, MI?

Alpena County has 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic 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 Alpena County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Alpena County, MI spend on medical and dental services?

About $15.8M a year, or $1,216 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, it comes to $15.8M 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 13,019 households in Alpena County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Alpena County has 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending.

How fast is Alpena County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Alpena County at 28,853 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,019 households. The median household income in Alpena County is $53,950 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Alpena County 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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How the score works · Top markets for urgent care and walk-in clinics · All 56 business types in Alpena County

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