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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Carbon County, PA
How Carbon County, PA 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 · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #322 of 325 scored counties
#18 of 18 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $29.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,089 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.9M
- 76% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 3.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,868
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics in Carbon County is 14 (low), #322 of 325 scored counties and #18 of 18 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 urgent care and walk-in clinics in Carbon County. None of them are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 1.8 for every 10,000 households, 3.6 times the U.S. rate of 0.5.
Households in Carbon County spend about $29.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,089 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.9M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 76% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. 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 Carbon County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carbon County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carbon County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Carbon County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $5.9M | $25.6M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 20,932 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.2% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,089 | $1,201 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $67,554 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 47 |
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
- 50 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,868+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 27,255
- Median age
- 45.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 171
- Median household income
- $67,554+18.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,706
- Median home value
- $211,400
- Jobs located here
- 15,436
- Daytime population
- 50,450Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Carbon County marked.
Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chester County, PA | 78 | 8 | 0.4 | $38.9M | +4.2% | #12 of 325 |
| 2Delaware County, PA | 71 | 5 | 0.2 | $56.7M | +0.8% | #38 of 325 |
| 3Berks County, PA | 70 | 5 | 0.3 | $38.9M | +2.7% | #44 of 325 |
| 4Westmoreland County, PA | 62 | 5 | 0.3 | $35.8M | −1.4% | #81 of 325 |
| 5Northampton County, PA | 62 | 7 | 0.6 | $22.1M | +3.7% | #85 of 325 |
| 6Cumberland County, PA | 61 | 6 | 0.6 | $22.2M | +6.5% | #91 of 325 |
| 7Bucks County, PA | 58 | 13 | 0.5 | $27.6M | +0.3% | #115 of 325 |
| 8Lehigh County, PA | 58 | 7 | 0.5 | $25.2M | +2.7% | #116 of 325 |
| 9York County, PA | 58 | 10 | 0.6 | $22.1M | +3.6% | #118 of 325 |
| 10Philadelphia County, PA | 57 | 24 | 0.4 | $30.9M | −1.6% | #123 of 325 |
| 18Carbon County, PA | 14 | 5 | 1.8 | $5.9M | +1.7% | #322 of 325 |
Other business types in Carbon 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 clinics36
- Dentists and orthodontists56
- Primary care and pediatrics49
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics14
- Chiropractors57
- Physical therapy44
- Optometrists and eye care63
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in Carbon County, PA?
There are 5 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in Carbon County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. No official count is published for freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Carbon County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Carbon County, PA spend on medical and dental services?
About $29.7M a year, or $1,089 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $5.9M 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 27,255 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, PA compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
Carbon County has 1.8 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 3.6 times the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $5.9M, 76% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, Carbon County would have about 1, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Carbon County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 65,868 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,255 households. The median household income in Carbon County is $67,554 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.5% 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. Carbon County scores 14 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (low), #322 of 325 scored counties.
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