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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Macon County, NC
How Macon County, NC 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $18.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,014 a household
- Spending per listing
- $18.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 39,232
- +5.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic in Macon County. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.
At $1,014 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Macon County spend about $18.7M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $18.7M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which urgent care and walk-in clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Macon County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Macon County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, Macon County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Macon County 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 | Macon County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $18.7M | $25.8M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 15,572 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.1% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,014 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $59,061 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Macon 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 Macon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,232+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 18,406
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 516 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $59,061+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,980
- Median home value
- $251,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,682
- Daytime population
- 35,660Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mecklenburg County, NC | 64 | 27 | 0.6 | $21.4M | +10.5% | #74 of 325 |
| 2Cabarrus County, NC | 59 | 6 | 0.7 | $17.2M | +9.9% | #111 of 325 |
| 3Guilford County, NC | 53 | 11 | 0.5 | $21.8M | +4.4% | #145 of 325 |
| 4Wake County, NC | 51 | 36 | 0.8 | $17.1M | +11.2% | #156 of 325 |
| 5Durham County, NC | 49 | 9 | 0.6 | $18.9M | +7.7% | #168 of 325 |
| 6Forsyth County, NC | 45 | 9 | 0.6 | $19.1M | +5.0% | #195 of 325 |
| 7Cumberland County, NC | 42 | 5 | 0.4 | $26.2M | +0.4% | #210 of 325 |
| 8Buncombe County, NC | 42 | 5 | 0.5 | $23M | +2.9% | #211 of 325 |
| 9Iredell County, NC | 41 | 6 | 0.8 | $14.9M | +12.9% | #224 of 325 |
| 10New Hanover County, NC | 40 | 6 | 0.6 | $19.9M | +8.6% | #228 of 325 |
| Macon County, NC | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | $18.7M | +5.8% |
Other business types in Macon 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 clinics42
- Dentists and orthodontists60
- Primary care and pediatrics38
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy55
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in Macon County, NC?
Macon County has 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. No official count is published for freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Macon County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Macon County, NC spend on medical and dental services?
About $18.7M a year, or $1,014 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, it comes to $18.7M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,406 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Macon County, NC compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
Macon County has 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending.
How fast is Macon County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Macon County at 39,232 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,406 households. The median household income in Macon County is $59,061 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Macon County has no market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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