Health care · Metro area · Texas
Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the El Paso, TX metro area
How the El Paso, TX metro area compares with other metro areas 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #163 of 197 scored metro areas
#10 of 12 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- +6.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $300.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,000 a household
- Spending per listing
- $25M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 881,291
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For urgent care and walk-in clinics, the El Paso metro area has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #163 of 197 scored metro areas and #10 of 12 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the El Paso metro area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 24% across the U.S. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 0.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the El Paso metro area comes to about $300.6M a year: $1,000 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $25M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 2% 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.
Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the El Paso metro area in 2023, up 6.3% from 2019. That is one for every 8,838 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $918K has gone to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the El Paso metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the El Paso metro area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the El Paso 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.
| Measure | El Paso metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $25M | $25.6M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,838 | 9,567 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.3% | +28.7% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,000 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $59,751 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34+6.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 795
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $47.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $918K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the El Paso 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 El Paso metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 881,291+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 300,479
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 5,584 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $59,751+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,791
- Median home value
- $180,200
- Jobs located here
- 348,186
- Daytime population
- 868,355Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Texas, with the El Paso metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 67 | 42 | 0.4 | $30.8M | +14.0% | #32 of 197 |
| 2Killeen-Temple, TX | 63 | 6 | 0.3 | $31.3M | +7.2% | #46 of 197 |
| 3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 53 | 154 | 0.5 | $23.3M | +10.6% | #86 of 197 |
| 4Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 52 | 123 | 0.5 | $26M | +10.3% | #92 of 197 |
| 5San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 43 | 56 | 0.6 | $19.6M | +9.5% | #126 of 197 |
| 6College Station-Bryan, TX | 41 | 5 | 0.5 | $22.2M | +6.9% | #131 of 197 |
| 7Midland, TX | 41 | 5 | 0.7 | $17.5M | +9.8% | #134 of 197 |
| 8Corpus Christi, TX | 36 | 6 | 0.4 | $30M | +1.1% | #153 of 197 |
| 9Lubbock, TX | 35 | 17 | 1.2 | $8.7M | +4.6% | #162 of 197 |
| 10El Paso, TX | 33 | 12 | 0.4 | $25M | +1.3% | #163 of 197 |
Other business types in the El Paso 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 clinics34
- Dentists and orthodontists45
- Primary care and pediatrics17
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics33
- Chiropractors65
- Physical therapy37
- Optometrists and eye care34
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the El Paso, TX metro area?
The El Paso metro area has 12 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023, up 6.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the El Paso, TX metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $300.6M a year, or $1,000 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $25M 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 300,479 households in the El Paso metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the El Paso, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
The El Paso 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 $25M, 2% above 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. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,838 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +32.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the El Paso, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the El Paso metro area at 881,291 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 300,479 households. The median household income in the El Paso metro area is $59,751 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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 El Paso metro area scores 33 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (lower middle), #163 of 197 scored metro areas.
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