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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Roanoke, VA metro area

The urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Roanoke, VA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$141.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,075 a household
Spending per listing
$35.4M
44% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.3
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
316,547
+0.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Roanoke metro area. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.3, 40% below the U.S. rate of 0.5.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Roanoke metro area comes to about $141.4M a year: $1,075 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 urgent care and walk-in clinics, that is $35.4M per clinic, 44% 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 11 businesses with payroll in the Roanoke metro area classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 11,955 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Roanoke metro area grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, the Roanoke metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Roanoke metro area compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Roanoke, VA metro area compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureRoanoke metro areaVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.30.50.5
Spending per listing$35.4M$25.6M$24.5M
Households per official establishment11,95518,69912,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.7%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,075$1,264$1,288
Median household income$68,761$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11
Employees, 2023
213
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Roanoke 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 Roanoke metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
316,547+0.4% since 2020
Households
131,510
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,868 sq. mi.
People per square mile
169
Median household income
$68,761+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,709
Median home value
$251,400
Jobs located here
158,052
Daytime population
332,123Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across Virginia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Roanoke metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Virginia

Metro areas in Virginia ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Richmond, VA81150.3$43.1M+5.5%#5 of 197
2Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC61180.3$46M+0.9%#52 of 197
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV482891.2$12M+3.3%#110 of 197
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA3280.6$16.3M+2.3%#165 of 197
Roanoke, VANot scored40.3$35.4M+0.4%

Other business types in the Roanoke 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 Roanoke, VA metro area?

There are 4 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings in the Roanoke metro area as of September 2026. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in the Roanoke, VA metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $141.4M a year, or $1,075 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $35.4M 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 131,510 households in the Roanoke metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Roanoke metro area has 0.3 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $35.4M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the national ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Roanoke metro area would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,955 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

How fast is the Roanoke, VA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Roanoke metro area at 316,547 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 131,510 households. The median household income in the Roanoke metro area is $68,761 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. The Roanoke metro area has no market score for urgent care and walk-in clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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