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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Rensselaer County, NY
How Rensselaer 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #307 of 325 scored counties
#16 of 16 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $82.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,232 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.7M
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 160,510
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics in Rensselaer County is 23 (low), #307 of 325 scored counties and #16 of 16 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Rensselaer County spend about $82.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,232 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 urgent care and walk-in clinics, that is $11.7M per clinic, 52% 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.
Rensselaer County has 7 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 24% across the U.S. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Rensselaer County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Rensselaer County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rensselaer 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 | Rensselaer County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $11.7M | $28M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 18,300 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.4% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,232 | $1,278 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $87,915 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 49 |
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
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,510−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 66,686
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 653 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 246
- Median household income
- $87,915+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,086
- Median home value
- $258,400
- Jobs located here
- 52,657
- Daytime population
- 135,820Residents 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 Rensselaer 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 |
| 16Rensselaer County, NY | 23 | 7 | 1.0 | $11.7M | −0.2% | #307 of 325 |
Other business types in Rensselaer 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 clinics52
- Dentists and orthodontists62
- Primary care and pediatrics62
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics23
- Chiropractors70
- Physical therapy63
- Optometrists and eye care72
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in Rensselaer County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 urgent care and walk-in clinics in Rensselaer County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. No official count is published for freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Rensselaer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Rensselaer County, NY spend on medical and dental services?
About $82.1M a year, or $1,232 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $11.7M 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 66,686 households in Rensselaer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rensselaer County, NY compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
Rensselaer County has 1.0 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $11.7M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, Rensselaer County would have about 3, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Rensselaer County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Rensselaer County at 160,510 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 66,686 households. Median household income in Rensselaer County is $87,915, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Rensselaer County scores 23 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (low), #307 of 325 scored counties.
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