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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Luzerne County, PA
How Luzerne 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #215 of 325 scored counties
#15 of 18 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $146.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,087 a household
- Spending per listing
- $16.3M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 332,126
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,087 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Luzerne County spend about $146.8M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $16.3M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.
Luzerne County has 9 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 40% above the U.S. rate of 0.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Luzerne County classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 19,294 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Luzerne County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For urgent care and walk-in clinics, Luzerne County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #215 of 325 scored counties and #15 of 18 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Luzerne 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 | Luzerne County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $16.3M | $25.6M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 19,294 | 20,932 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.2% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,087 | $1,201 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $63,691 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 106
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Luzerne 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 Luzerne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 332,126+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 135,055
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 890 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 368
- Median household income
- $63,691+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,455
- Median home value
- $174,100
- Jobs located here
- 146,183
- Daytime population
- 329,640Residents 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 Luzerne 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 |
| 15Luzerne County, PA | 42 | 9 | 0.7 | $16.3M | +2.1% | #215 of 325 |
Other business types in Luzerne 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 clinics26
- Dentists and orthodontists44
- Primary care and pediatrics34
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics42
- Chiropractors32
- Physical therapy32
- Optometrists and eye care41
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in Luzerne County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 urgent care and walk-in clinics in Luzerne County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in Luzerne County, PA spend on medical and dental services?
About $146.8M a year, or $1,087 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $16.3M 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 135,055 households in Luzerne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Luzerne County, PA compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
Luzerne County has 0.7 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $16.3M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, Luzerne County would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,294 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
How fast is Luzerne County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Luzerne County at 332,126 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 135,055 households. Median household income in Luzerne County is $63,691, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.1%, 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. Luzerne County scores 42 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (lower middle), #215 of 325 scored counties.
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