Health care · Metro area · Pennsylvania
Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the State College, PA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for urgent care and walk-in clinics in the State College, PA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $69.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,176 a household
- Spending per listing
- $23.1M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,393
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,176 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the State College metro area spend about $69.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $23.1M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 6% 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.
The State College metro area has 3 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the State College metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the State College metro area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, the State College metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the State College metro area 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 | State College metro area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $23.1M | $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 | −0.4% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,176 | $1,201 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $74,291 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 the State College 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 State College metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,393−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 59,013
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,107 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 143
- Median household income
- $74,291+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,987
- Median home value
- $323,500
- Jobs located here
- 66,922
- Daytime population
- 170,905Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the State College metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Reading, PA | 71 | 5 | 0.3 | $38.9M | +2.7% | #24 of 197 |
| 2Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 59 | 11 | 0.4 | $27M | +4.2% | #61 of 197 |
| 3Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 58 | 117 | 0.5 | $27.3M | +1.4% | #66 of 197 |
| 4York-Hanover, PA | 57 | 10 | 0.6 | $22.1M | +3.6% | #70 of 197 |
| 5Lancaster, PA | 55 | 9 | 0.4 | $29.4M | +1.9% | #77 of 197 |
| 6Pittsburgh, PA | 55 | 50 | 0.5 | $25.1M | −1.3% | #79 of 197 |
| 7Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 55 | 21 | 0.6 | $20M | +3.0% | #81 of 197 |
| 8Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA | 44 | 13 | 0.6 | $19.7M | +1.4% | #119 of 197 |
| 9Chambersburg, PA | 28 | 7 | 1.1 | $10.6M | +3.0% | #178 of 197 |
| State College, PA | Not scored | 3 | 0.5 | $23.1M | −0.4% |
Other business types in the State College 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 clinics36
- Dentists and orthodontists41
- Primary care and pediatrics46
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors25
- Physical therapy45
- Optometrists and eye care22
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the State College, PA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the State College metro area. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. No official count is published for freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the State College metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the State College, PA metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $69.4M a year, or $1,176 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $23.1M 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 59,013 households in the State College metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the State College, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
The State College metro area has 0.5 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $23.1M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending.
How fast is the State College, PA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the State College metro area at 157,393 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 59,013 households. Median household income in the State College metro area is $74,291, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.0%, 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. The State College metro area has no market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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