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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #153 of 197 scored metro areas
#8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
28
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$180.2M
On medical and dental services · $1,066 a household
Spending per listing
$30M
22% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.4
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
451,191
+1.1% 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

The Groundwork market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Corpus Christi metro area is 36 (lower middle), #153 of 197 scored metro areas and #8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Corpus Christi metro area. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.4, 20% below the U.S. rate of 0.5.

Households in the Corpus Christi metro area spend about $180.2M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,066 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $30M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 22% above 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 28 businesses with payroll in the Corpus Christi metro area classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 6,035 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Corpus Christi metro area grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Corpus Christi metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Corpus Christi, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureCorpus Christi metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.50.5
Spending per listing$30M$25.6M$24.5M
Households per official establishment6,0359,56712,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+28.7%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,066$1,164$1,288
Median household income$67,453$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3641

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
28
Employees, 2023
417
Annual payroll, 2023
$21.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Corpus Christi 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 Corpus Christi metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
451,191+1.1% since 2020
Households
168,972
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,785 sq. mi.
People per square mile
251
Median household income
$67,453
Average household income
$90,916
Median home value
$210,400
Jobs located here
180,865
Daytime population
440,499Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Corpus Christi metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX67420.4$30.8M+14.0%#32 of 197
2Killeen-Temple, TX6360.3$31.3M+7.2%#46 of 197
3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX531540.5$23.3M+10.6%#86 of 197
4Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX521230.5$26M+10.3%#92 of 197
5San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX43560.6$19.6M+9.5%#126 of 197
6College Station-Bryan, TX4150.5$22.2M+6.9%#131 of 197
7Midland, TX4150.7$17.5M+9.8%#134 of 197
8Corpus Christi, TX3660.4$30M+1.1%#153 of 197
9Lubbock, TX35171.2$8.7M+4.6%#162 of 197
10El Paso, TX33120.4$25M+1.3%#163 of 197

Other business types in the Corpus Christi 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 Corpus Christi, TX metro area?

There are 6 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in the Corpus Christi metro area as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $180.2M a year, or $1,066 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $30M 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 168,972 households in the Corpus Christi metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Corpus Christi, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

The Corpus Christi metro area has 0.4 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $30M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Corpus Christi metro area would have about 7, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,035 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

How fast is the Corpus Christi, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Corpus Christi metro area at 451,191 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 168,972 households. The median household income in the Corpus Christi metro area is $67,453 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Corpus Christi metro area scores 36 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (lower middle), #153 of 197 scored metro areas.

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