 The town has an urban population of 28,415 and a rural population of 3208 (KNBS 2009 census .Chogoria town grew primarily due to the presence of the Chogoria Hospital, a missionary hospital which was established in 1922 by Dr. Clive Irvine, a Scottish missionary and it has grown to one of the leading hospitals in the region

Chogoria Hospital is a 295-bed capacity regional referral hospital providing adult and pediatric medical and surgical services; outpatient clinics including several subspecialty clinics such as; cardiology, ENT, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, diabetes, HIV medicine; obstetrics and gynecology, oncology and palliative care.The hospital has 15 cots for the neo-nates nursery attached to the obstetric unit.