Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Waukegan, IL

Who runs these clinics

2 health-center organizations run the 4 clinics in Waukegan. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Lake County Health Department & Community Health Center — 3 sites here, 9 in total. 30,002 patients in 2025, 29% uninsured; 41% of patients had limited English.
• Erie Family Health Center — 1 site here, 13 in total. 95,878 patients in 2025, 23% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use care; 48% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Waukegan

• North Chicago (1) · 2 mi
• Zion (1) · 6 mi
• Libertyville (1) · 8 mi
• Round Lake (1) · 11 mi
• Round Lake Beach (1) · 11 mi
• Highland Park (1) · 13 mi
• Wheeling (1) · 16 mi
• Kenosha, WI (3) · 16 mi

New to community health centers?

• How the sliding-fee scale works — and how to qualify
• What to bring to your first visit
• Getting care with no insurance

Waukegan at a Glance

Every clinic listed above is a federally funded community health center — it treats you with or without insurance, regardless of immigration status, and charges on a sliding-fee scale based on income. Here's what the HRSA and federal NPI registry data shows for Waukegan specifically:

• 15,472 patients living in ZIP code 60085 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 30% of them had no insurance.
• 4 of 4 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 2 of 4 clinics list a website.
• 1 of 4 is part of a program that reports dental services in federal UDS data (program-level, not per-site — call to confirm dental is offered at this address).
• Reported weekly hours: 4 clinics report 40+ hrs/week.