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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Rochester, NY metro area
The urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Rochester, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #35 of 197 scored metro areas
#2 of 7 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 15
- 5 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $523.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,174 a household
- Spending per listing
- $34.9M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,056,149
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,174 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Rochester metro area spend about $523.3M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $34.9M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 42% 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.
The Rochester metro area has 15 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 33%, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 0.3 for every 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 0.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in the Rochester metro area classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 37,153 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Rochester metro area declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Rochester metro area is 66 (upper middle), #35 of 197 scored metro areas and #2 of 7 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Rochester metro area 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 | Rochester metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $34.9M | $28M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 37,153 | 18,300 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.4% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,174 | $1,278 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $76,284 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 489
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 155 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Rochester 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 Rochester metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,056,149−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 445,836
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,928 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 362
- Median household income
- $76,284
- Average household income
- $100,943
- Median home value
- $204,600
- Jobs located here
- 501,944
- Daytime population
- 1,064,689Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 75 | 7 | 0.3 | $48.6M | +3.0% | #14 of 197 |
| 2Rochester, NY | 66 | 15 | 0.3 | $34.9M | −0.7% | #35 of 197 |
| 3Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 61 | 16 | 0.3 | $36.1M | −0.8% | #53 of 197 |
| 4New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 58 | 351 | 0.5 | $28.8M | +0.6% | #64 of 197 |
| 5Syracuse, NY | 49 | 13 | 0.5 | $24.4M | −1.3% | #104 of 197 |
| 6Binghamton, NY | 48 | 5 | 0.5 | $22.4M | −1.3% | #107 of 197 |
| 7Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 48 | 32 | 0.8 | $15M | +1.9% | #109 of 197 |
Other business types in the Rochester metro area
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 clinics50
- Dentists and orthodontists37
- Primary care and pediatrics54
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics66
- Chiropractors40
- Physical therapy47
- Optometrists and eye care50
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the Rochester, NY metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Rochester metro area. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in the Rochester, NY metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $523.3M a year, or $1,174 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $34.9M 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 445,836 households in the Rochester metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rochester, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
The Rochester metro area 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 $34.9M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Rochester metro area would have about 21, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 37,153 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
How fast is the Rochester, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Rochester metro area at 1,056,149 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 445,836 households. Median household income in the Rochester metro area is $76,284, 6% 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 Rochester metro area scores 66 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (upper middle), #35 of 197 scored metro areas.
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