Urgent Care & Walk-In Clinics in Forest City, NC

Forest City community health snapshot

1 urgent care location for 7,363 residents of Forest City — about 1.4 per 10,000 people.

• 7,363Residents
• 14.1%Without health insuranceabove North Carolina's 9.9%
• $35,524Median household incomebelow North Carolina's $72,388
• 26.6%Under 18above North Carolina's 21.8%
• 18.0%65 and olderabove North Carolina's 17.2%
• 32.1%Below the poverty lineabove North Carolina's 13.0%

With 14.1% of residents uninsured, self-pay pricing matters here — ask any clinic for its self-pay rate before your visit, and see your rights against surprise bills.

Families, coverage and getting to care in Forest City

• 8.6%Children under 5above North Carolina's 5.6%
• 39.2%Households with childrenabove North Carolina's 29.1%
• 60.0%Covered by public insuranceabove North Carolina's 36.0%
• 37.4%Covered by private insurancebelow North Carolina's 67.0%
• 23.5%Living with a disabilityabove North Carolina's 13.6%
• 8.6%Age 5+ speaking a language other than English at homebelow North Carolina's 13.5%
• 8.7%Households without a vehicleabove North Carolina's 5.3%
• 26.3 minAverage commute to workNorth Carolina average 25.1 min
• 7.2%Veterans (adults)about the same as North Carolina (7.4%)

• 60.0% of residents have public coverage such as Medicaid or Medicare — confirm a clinic accepts your specific plan before you go.
• Young children make up 8.6% 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 Forest City town, North Carolina in Rutherford County; North Carolina 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