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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Syracuse, NY metro area
The urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Syracuse, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #104 of 197 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 13
- 5 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $316.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,168 a household
- Spending per listing
- $24.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 652,273
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,168 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Syracuse metro area spend about $316.9M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 13 urgent care and walk-in clinics, that is $24.4M per clinic, in line with the U.S. figure of $24.5M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.
There are 13 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in the Syracuse metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.5, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.5.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Syracuse metro area in 2023. That is one for every 19,375 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Syracuse metro area declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Syracuse metro area is 49 (lower middle), #104 of 197 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the Syracuse 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 | Syracuse metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $24.4M | $28M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 19,375 | 18,300 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.4% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,168 | $1,278 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $75,492 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 389
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 135 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Syracuse 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 Syracuse metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 652,273−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 271,251
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 275
- Median household income
- $75,492+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,360
- Median home value
- $187,700
- Jobs located here
- 309,260
- Daytime population
- 669,341Residents 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 Syracuse 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 clinics58
- Dentists and orthodontists53
- Primary care and pediatrics54
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics49
- Chiropractors45
- Physical therapy51
- Optometrists and eye care54
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the Syracuse, NY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Syracuse metro area. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in the Syracuse, NY metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $316.9M a year, or $1,168 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $24.4M 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 271,251 households in the Syracuse metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Syracuse, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
The Syracuse metro area has 0.5 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $24.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $24.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,375 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
How fast is the Syracuse, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Syracuse metro area at 652,273 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 271,251 households. Median household income in the Syracuse metro area is $75,492, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. The Syracuse metro area scores 49 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (lower middle), #104 of 197 scored metro areas.
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