Health care · Metro area · Washington
Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Bellingham, WA metro area
How the Bellingham, WA 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $123.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,309 a household
- Spending per listing
- $123.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 236,392
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,309 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in the Bellingham metro area spend about $123.1M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $123.1M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.
The Bellingham metro area has 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.1 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Bellingham metro area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 10,447 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Bellingham metro area grew 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, the Bellingham 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 Bellingham metro area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Bellingham metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Spending per listing | $123.1M | $26.1M | $24.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,447 | 18,243 | 12,867 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.4% | +32.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,309 | $1,446 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $81,784 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 275
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.7M
- 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
- 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 the Bellingham 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 Bellingham metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 236,392+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 94,021
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,108 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $81,784+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,611
- Median home value
- $585,800
- Jobs located here
- 90,570
- Daytime population
- 221,278Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Washington for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Washington (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bellingham metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 79 | 78 | 0.5 | $32.3M | +3.3% | #7 of 197 |
| 2Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 75 | 5 | 0.4 | $32.6M | +2.8% | #17 of 197 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 44 | 85 | 0.8 | $17M | +1.0% | #122 of 197 |
| 3Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 44 | 31 | 1.3 | $9.7M | +3.5% | #124 of 197 |
| 4Kennewick-Richland, WA | 33 | 14 | 1.3 | $10.4M | +6.5% | #164 of 197 |
| 5Walla Walla, WA | 17 | 5 | 2.1 | $5.8M | −0.4% | #194 of 197 |
| Bellingham, WA | Not scored | 1 | 0.1 | $123.1M | +3.9% |
Other business types in the Bellingham 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 clinics63
- Dentists and orthodontists58
- Primary care and pediatrics78
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors41
- Physical therapy35
- Optometrists and eye care45
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the Bellingham, WA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic in the Bellingham metro area. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.
How much do households in the Bellingham, WA metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $123.1M a year, or $1,309 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, it comes to $123.1M 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 94,021 households in the Bellingham metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bellingham, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?
The Bellingham metro area has 1 urgent care or walk-in clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Bellingham metro area would have about 5, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,447 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bellingham, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bellingham metro area at 236,392 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 94,021 households. Median household income in the Bellingham metro area is $81,784, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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 Bellingham 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 1.
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