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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Polk County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for urgent care and walk-in clinics in Polk County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,010 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 18,592
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Polk County comes to about $7.5M a year: $1,010 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.5M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.
There is 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings in Polk County as of September 2026. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Polk County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Polk County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, Polk County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Polk County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Polk County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $7.5M | $18.1M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,989 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.4% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,010 | $1,088 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $62,522 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 31 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 0The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,592+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,424
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 435 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $62,522+44.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,888
- Median home value
- $169,900
- Jobs located here
- 2,324
- Daytime population
- 13,260Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Polk County marked.
Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rutherford County, TN | 64 | 8 | 0.6 | $18.9M | +12.6% | #75 of 325 |
| 2Williamson County, TN | 55 | 11 | 1.2 | $12.6M | +9.0% | #139 of 325 |
| 3Knox County, TN | 51 | 11 | 0.5 | $20.6M | +6.5% | #154 of 325 |
| 4Wilson County, TN | 49 | 5 | 0.8 | $14.7M | +17.8% | #172 of 325 |
| 5Montgomery County, TN | 48 | 6 | 0.7 | $15.9M | +13.0% | #177 of 325 |
| 6Hamilton County, TN | 43 | 12 | 0.8 | $14.7M | +6.2% | #208 of 325 |
| 7Washington County, TN | 37 | 5 | 0.9 | $11.8M | +6.0% | #247 of 325 |
| 8Shelby County, TN | 36 | 16 | 0.4 | $24.3M | −2.1% | #250 of 325 |
| 9Maury County, TN | 35 | 5 | 1.2 | $9.3M | +16.0% | #256 of 325 |
| 10Davidson County, TN | 28 | 24 | 0.7 | $15.8M | +4.2% | #284 of 325 |
| Polk County, TN | Not scored | 1 | 1.3 | $7.5M | +5.9% |
Other business types in Polk 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 clinics66
- Dentists and orthodontists52
- Primary care and pediatrics47
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in Polk County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic in Polk County. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. No official count is published for freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Polk County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Polk County, TN spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.5M a year, or $1,010 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 7,424 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, TN compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
Polk County has 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate.
How fast is Polk County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 18,592 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,424 households. Median household income in Polk County is $62,522, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.4%, 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. Polk County has no market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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