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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area

The urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$165.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,378 a household
Spending per listing
$55.3M
2.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.2
60% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
281,219
+0.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Duluth metro area. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 0.5.

At $1,378 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in the Duluth metro area spend about $165.9M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 3 urgent care and walk-in clinics, that is $55.3M per clinic, 2.3 times 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Duluth metro area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 17,195 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Duluth metro area grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, the Duluth 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 Duluth metro area compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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 Duluth, MN-WI metro area compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureDuluth metro areaMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.20.40.5
Spending per listing$55.3M$39.8M$24.5M
Households per official establishment17,19534,44712,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.8%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,378$1,550$1,288
Median household income$71,769$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored80

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
188
Annual payroll, 2023
$20.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Duluth 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 Duluth metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
281,219+0.2% since 2020
Households
120,365
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
8,414 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$71,769
Average household income
$93,302
Median home value
$222,400
Jobs located here
128,505
Daytime population
284,674Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Duluth metro area

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Questions

How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area?

The Duluth metro area has 3 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Duluth, MN-WI metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $165.9M a year, or $1,378 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $55.3M 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 120,365 households in the Duluth metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Duluth, MN-WI metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

The Duluth metro area has 0.2 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $55.3M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Duluth metro area would have about 7, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,195 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

How fast is the Duluth, MN-WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Duluth metro area at 281,219 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 120,365 households. The median household income in the Duluth metro area is $71,769 a year, 11% 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 Duluth 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 3.

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