Urgent Care & Walk-In Clinics in Hickory, NC

Hickory community health snapshot

5 urgent care locations for 44,258 residents of Hickory — about 1.1 per 10,000 people.

• 44,258Residents
• 10.9%Without health insuranceabove North Carolina's 9.9%
• $64,576Median household incomebelow North Carolina's $72,388
• 21.3%Under 18below North Carolina's 21.8%
• 17.1%65 and olderabout the same as North Carolina (17.2%)
• 17.1%Below the poverty lineabove North Carolina's 13.0%

With 10.9% 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 Hickory

• 5.3%Children under 5about the same as North Carolina (5.6%)
• 29.0%Households with childrenabout the same as North Carolina (29.1%)
• 36.5%Covered by public insuranceabove North Carolina's 36.0%
• 64.0%Covered by private insurancebelow North Carolina's 67.0%
• 12.2%Living with a disabilitybelow North Carolina's 13.6%
• 15.0%Age 5+ speaking a language other than English at homeabove North Carolina's 13.5%
• 7.5%Households without a vehicleabove North Carolina's 5.3%
• 21.1 minAverage commute to workNorth Carolina average 25.1 min
• 6.2%Veterans (adults)below North Carolina's 7.4%

• 36.5% of residents have public coverage such as Medicaid or Medicare — confirm a clinic accepts your specific plan before you go.

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 Hickory city, North Carolina in Catawba 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