Urgent Care & Walk-In Clinics in Shafter, CA

Shafter community health snapshot

1 urgent care location for 21,193 residents of Shafter — about 0.5 per 10,000 people.

• 21,193Residents
• 9.0%Without health insuranceabove California's 6.6%
• $71,215Median household incomebelow California's $99,122
• 33.5%Under 18above California's 22.0%
• 7.5%65 and olderbelow California's 15.7%
• 20.7%Below the poverty lineabove California's 12.0%

Families, coverage and getting to care in Shafter

• 7.5%Children under 5above California's 5.5%
• 55.9%Households with childrenabove California's 32.4%
• 43.7%Covered by public insuranceabove California's 39.7%
• 54.4%Covered by private insurancebelow California's 63.7%
• 8.5%Living with a disabilitybelow California's 11.6%
• 59.1%Age 5+ speaking a language other than English at homeabove California's 44.4%
• 4.0%Households without a vehiclebelow California's 7.1%
• 23.3 minAverage commute to workCalifornia average 28.7 min
• 3.3%Veterans (adults)below California's 4.3%

• 56.8% of residents age 5+ speak Spanish at home — when you call, ask whether the clinic has Spanish-speaking staff or an interpreter service.
• 43.7% of residents have public coverage such as Medicaid or Medicare — confirm a clinic accepts your specific plan before you go.
• Young children make up 7.5% of the population — see which clinics offer pediatric urgent care.

Sources: Population, age, household, income, insurance, disability, language, vehicle, commuting, veteran, and poverty figures — U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Data Profiles DP02, DP03, DP04 and DP05, for Shafter city, California in Kern County; California comparison figures from the same tables at the state level. Estimates carry margins of error. Clinic count — federal NPPES provider registry listings in this directory. census.gov/acs · data.census.gov · NPPES registry