Health care · Metro area · North Carolina
Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area
How the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area compares with other metro areas 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #49 of 197 scored metro areas
#2 of 9 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $302.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,217 a household
- Spending per listing
- $27.5M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 625,485
- +7.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,217 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area spend about $302.1M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $27.5M per clinic, 12% 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 Durham-Chapel Hill metro area has 11 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 18%, against 24% across the U.S. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 0.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 13,066 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $3.5M has gone to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area grew 7.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For urgent care and walk-in clinics, the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #49 of 197 scored metro areas and #2 of 9 scored metro areas based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Durham-Chapel Hill metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $27.5M | $25.8M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,066 | 15,572 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.1% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.5% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,217 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $83,500 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19
- Employees, 2023
- 462
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $39.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $3.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Durham-Chapel Hill 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 Durham-Chapel Hill metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 625,485+7.5% since 2020
- Households
- 248,256
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,759 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 342
- Median household income
- $83,500
- Average household income
- $120,978
- Median home value
- $396,100
- Jobs located here
- 363,261
- Daytime population
- 696,157Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 66 | 56 | 0.5 | $23M | +10.1% | #38 of 197 |
| 2Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 62 | 11 | 0.4 | $27.5M | +7.5% | #49 of 197 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 61 | 18 | 0.3 | $46M | +0.9% | #52 of 197 |
| 3Winston-Salem, NC | 59 | 10 | 0.4 | $29.9M | +5.3% | #60 of 197 |
| 4Greensboro-High Point, NC | 57 | 12 | 0.4 | $27.9M | +4.1% | #68 of 197 |
| 5Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 55 | 5 | 0.3 | $30.4M | +3.2% | #76 of 197 |
| 6Wilmington, NC | 55 | 8 | 0.4 | $28.1M | +15.9% | #78 of 197 |
| 7Raleigh-Cary, NC | 52 | 40 | 0.7 | $18.6M | +12.6% | #94 of 197 |
| 8Asheville, NC | 38 | 10 | 0.6 | $17.8M | +3.6% | #148 of 197 |
| 9Fayetteville, NC | 36 | 7 | 0.5 | $21.6M | +1.6% | #154 of 197 |
Other business types in the Durham-Chapel Hill 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 clinics48
- Dentists and orthodontists49
- Primary care and pediatrics56
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics62
- Chiropractors80
- Physical therapy43
- Optometrists and eye care58
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $302.1M a year, or $1,217 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $27.5M 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 248,256 households in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
The Durham-Chapel Hill metro area has 0.4 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $27.5M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area would have about 12, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,066 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
How fast is the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area at 625,485 people in 2025, up 7.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 248,256 households. Median household income in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area is $83,500, 3% above 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 Durham-Chapel Hill metro area scores 62 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (upper middle), #49 of 197 scored metro areas.
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