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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area

The urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #108 of 197 scored metro areas
#3 of 6 scored metro areas based in South Carolina

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$114.6M
On medical and dental services · $1,201 a household
Spending per listing
$19.1M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.6
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
242,966
+12.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.6, 20% above the U.S. rate of 0.5.

Households in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area spend about $114.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,201 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $19.1M per clinic, 22% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 9,545 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area grew 12.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area is 48 (lower middle), #108 of 197 scored metro areas and #3 of 6 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.

How the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area compares

The same measures for South 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.

Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureHilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.60.50.5
Spending per listing$19.1M$23.2M$24.5M
Households per official establishment9,54511,44912,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.1%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+12.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,201$1,086$1,288
Median household income$83,304$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score4840

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
156
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
242,966+12.0% since 2020
Households
95,451
Median age
47.2
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,231 sq. mi.
People per square mile
185
Median household income
$83,304+28.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$120,028
Median home value
$439,500
Jobs located here
79,620
Daytime population
225,611Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area marked.

Top metro areas in South Carolina

Metro areas in South Carolina ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC66560.5$23M+10.1%#38 of 197
1Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC61180.5$23.4M+9.0%#56 of 197
2Spartanburg, SC5070.5$21.2M+14.3%#100 of 197
3Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC4860.6$19.1M+12.0%#108 of 197
4Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC4660.4$27.7M+20.9%#112 of 197
5Columbia, SC40200.6$18.3M+6.0%#137 of 197
6Charleston-North Charleston, SC36250.7$16M+10.7%#155 of 197
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC35160.7$15.7M+4.7%#160 of 197

Other business types in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area?

There are 6 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $114.6M a year, or $1,201 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $19.1M 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 95,451 households in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area has 0.6 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $19.1M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,545 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

How fast is the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area at 242,966 people in 2025, up 12.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 95,451 households. The median household income in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area is $83,304 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.2% 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. The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro area scores 48 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (lower middle), #108 of 197 scored metro areas.

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