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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Erie County, NY
How Erie County, NY 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 · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #113 of 325 scored counties
#9 of 16 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 14
- 7 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $474.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,157 a household
- Spending per listing
- $33.9M
- 38% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 946,741
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Erie County comes to about $474.1M a year: $1,157 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 urgent care and walk-in clinics, that is $33.9M per clinic, 38% above the U.S. figure of $24.5M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.
Erie County has 14 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 0.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Erie County classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 18,621 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Erie County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For urgent care and walk-in clinics, Erie County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #113 of 325 scored counties and #9 of 16 scored counties in New York.
How Erie County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Erie County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $33.9M | $28M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 18,621 | 18,300 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.4% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,157 | $1,278 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $72,839 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 662
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 147 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Erie 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 Erie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 946,741−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 409,665
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 1,043 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 912
- Median household income
- $72,839+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,750
- Median home value
- $233,800
- Jobs located here
- 478,475
- Daytime population
- 994,716Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New York for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in New York, with Erie County marked.
Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Orange County, NY | 77 | 5 | 0.4 | $36.5M | +4.2% | #17 of 325 |
| 2Westchester County, NY | 73 | 17 | 0.5 | $32.8M | +1.4% | #30 of 325 |
| 3Richmond County, NY | 64 | 5 | 0.3 | $45.8M | +1.3% | #71 of 325 |
| 4Monroe County, NY | 61 | 12 | 0.4 | $31.4M | −1.0% | #87 of 325 |
| 5New York County, NY | 60 | 40 | 0.5 | $27.7M | −1.3% | #97 of 325 |
| 6Nassau County, NY | 59 | 21 | 0.5 | $35.2M | +0.6% | #100 of 325 |
| 7Queens County, NY | 59 | 34 | 0.4 | $31.1M | −1.1% | #101 of 325 |
| 8Suffolk County, NY | 59 | 25 | 0.5 | $30.2M | +1.6% | #102 of 325 |
| 9Erie County, NY | 58 | 14 | 0.3 | $33.9M | −0.6% | #113 of 325 |
| 10Kings County, NY | 55 | 53 | 0.5 | $23.8M | −2.5% | #135 of 325 |
Other business types in Erie County
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 clinics34
- Dentists and orthodontists35
- Primary care and pediatrics47
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics58
- Chiropractors33
- Physical therapy44
- Optometrists and eye care53
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in Erie County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 urgent care and walk-in clinics in Erie County. 7 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in Erie County, NY spend on medical and dental services?
About $474.1M a year, or $1,157 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $33.9M 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 409,665 households in Erie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Erie County, NY compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
Erie County has 0.3 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $33.9M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, Erie County would have about 19, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,621 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
How fast is Erie County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Erie County at 946,741 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 409,665 households. Median household income in Erie County is $72,839, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Erie County scores 58 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (upper middle), #113 of 325 scored counties.
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