Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Wilkesboro, NC

Who runs these clinics

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

• Wilkes County — 2 sites here. 3,317 patients in 2025, 46% uninsured; also provided mental health, substance use care; 22% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Wilkesboro

• Jonesville (1) · 18 mi
• Elkin (1) · 20 mi
• Hamptonville (1) · 21 mi
• Boonville (2) · 22 mi
• Sparta (4) · 24 mi
• Lenoir (12) · 26 mi
• Jefferson (3) · 26 mi
• Granite Falls (3) · 27 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

Wilkesboro 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 Wilkesboro specifically:

• 867 patients living in ZIP code 28697 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 45% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 2 is a school-based site — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 1 of 2 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 2 of 2 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 2 of 2 clinics list a website.
• Reported weekly hours: 1 clinic reports 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Wilkesboro: Clinic/Center, Public Health, State or Local (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.