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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Lubbock County, TX
How Lubbock County, TX compares with other counties 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #254 of 325 scored counties
#19 of 21 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $133.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,056 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.3M
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 328,906
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics in Lubbock County is 36 (lower middle), #254 of 325 scored counties and #19 of 21 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Lubbock County spend about $133.3M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,056 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.3M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 66% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.
There are 16 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in Lubbock County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.3, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 0.5.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in Lubbock County in 2023. That is one for every 15,778 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Lubbock County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lubbock 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 | Lubbock County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $8.3M | $25.6M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 15,778 | 9,567 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.7% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,056 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $64,155 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 181
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 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 Lubbock 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 Lubbock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 328,906+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 126,225
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 896 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 356
- Median household income
- $64,155+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,750
- Median home value
- $214,100
- Jobs located here
- 164,092
- Daytime population
- 331,188Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Texas, with Lubbock County marked.
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 |
| 19Lubbock County, TX | 36 | 16 | 1.3 | $8.3M | +5.6% | #254 of 325 |
Other business types in Lubbock 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 clinics31
- Dentists and orthodontists40
- Primary care and pediatrics26
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics36
- Chiropractors53
- Physical therapy58
- Optometrists and eye care56
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in Lubbock County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 urgent care and walk-in clinics in Lubbock County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in Lubbock County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $133.3M a year, or $1,056 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $8.3M 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 126,225 households in Lubbock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lubbock County, TX compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
Lubbock County has 1.3 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $8.3M, 66% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, Lubbock County would have about 5, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,778 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
How fast is Lubbock County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Lubbock County at 328,906 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 126,225 households. Median household income in Lubbock County is $64,155, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Lubbock County scores 36 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (lower middle), #254 of 325 scored counties.
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