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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Howard County, TX
The urgent care and walk-in clinics in Howard County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
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
- $13.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,079 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 30,504
- −12.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic in Howard County. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.
Households in Howard County spend about $13.2M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,079 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $13.2M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which urgent care and walk-in clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Howard County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Howard County declined 12.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, Howard County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Howard County 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 | Howard County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $13.2M | $25.6M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 9,567 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.7% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −12.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,079 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $69,649 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 41 |
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
- 1The 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,504−12.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,191
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 901 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $69,649+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,688
- Median home value
- $155,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,735
- Daytime population
- 29,322Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denton County, TX | 75 | 15 | 0.4 | $33.1M | +16.9% | #23 of 325 |
| 2Travis County, TX | 69 | 17 | 0.3 | $45.2M | +7.2% | #47 of 325 |
| 3Williamson County, TX | 65 | 12 | 0.5 | $28.6M | +22.3% | #65 of 325 |
| 4Montgomery County, TX | 61 | 10 | 0.4 | $32.1M | +24.9% | #86 of 325 |
| 5Bell County, TX | 61 | 5 | 0.4 | $29.9M | +8.0% | #88 of 325 |
| 6Fort Bend County, TX | 59 | 16 | 0.5 | $25.2M | +17.4% | #104 of 325 |
| 7Comal County, TX | 55 | 5 | 0.7 | $18.6M | +27.9% | #136 of 325 |
| 8Hays County, TX | 55 | 8 | 0.8 | $15.3M | +24.8% | #138 of 325 |
| 9Collin County, TX | 51 | 31 | 0.7 | $19.2M | +20.6% | #155 of 325 |
| 10Harris County, TX | 48 | 86 | 0.5 | $23.6M | +6.6% | #174 of 325 |
| Howard County, TX | Not scored | 1 | 0.8 | $13.2M | −12.4% |
Other business types in Howard 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 clinics45
- Dentists and orthodontists59
- Primary care and pediatrics
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors44
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care12
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in Howard County, TX?
Howard County has 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. No official count is published for freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Howard County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Howard County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $13.2M a year, or $1,079 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, it comes to $13.2M 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 12,191 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, TX compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
Howard County has 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending.
How fast is Howard County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 30,504 people in 2025, down 12.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,191 households. The median household income in Howard County is $69,649 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Howard 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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