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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Wilkes County, NC
How Wilkes 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 none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $25.2M
- On medical and dental services · $928 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 66,233
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
There are no urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in Wilkes County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, Wilkes County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Wilkes County comes to about $25.2M a year: $928 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. 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 Wilkes County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Wilkes County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, Wilkes County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Wilkes 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 | Wilkes County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $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 | +0.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $928 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $51,721 | $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
- 0
- 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 Wilkes 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 Wilkes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,233+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 27,107
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 754 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $51,721+17.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,361
- Median home value
- $168,800
- Jobs located here
- 19,607
- Daytime population
- 59,600Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Wilkes County marked.
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 |
| Wilkes County, NC | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.6% |
Other business types in Wilkes 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 clinics35
- Dentists and orthodontists54
- Primary care and pediatrics51
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy60
- Optometrists and eye care45
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in Wilkes County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show no urgent care and walk-in clinics in Wilkes County. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. No official count is published for freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Wilkes County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wilkes County, NC spend on medical and dental services?
About $25.2M a year, or $928 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 27,107 households in Wilkes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wilkes County, NC compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
Wilkes County has no urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, Wilkes County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Wilkes County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Wilkes County at 66,233 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,107 households. The median household income in Wilkes County is $51,721 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.3% 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. Wilkes County has no market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics, having none on map listings.
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