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Optometrists and eye clinics in Butler County, AL
The optometrists and eye clinics in Butler County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On medical and dental services · $898 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 18,100
- −4.8% since 2020
See the optometrists and eye clinics around any address in Butler County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 optometrists and eye clinics in Butler County. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Butler County comes to about $6.8M a year: $898 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $3.4M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Butler County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Butler County declined 4.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Butler County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Butler County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the optometrists and eye clinics counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Butler County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,626 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $898 | $1,050 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $44,755 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Butler County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,100−4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,597
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 777 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $44,755+10.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,109
- Median home value
- $99,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,659
- Daytime population
- 17,147Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elmore County, AL | 77 | 7 | 2.1 | $5.2M | +4.2% | #90 of 1,302 |
| 2Autauga County, AL | 68 | 5 | 2.2 | $5.1M | +5.1% | #224 of 1,302 |
| 3Limestone County, AL | 66 | 7 | 1.7 | $6.9M | +18.0% | #273 of 1,302 |
| 4St. Clair County, AL | 61 | 14 | 4.0 | $2.7M | +7.1% | #405 of 1,302 |
| 5Blount County, AL | 58 | 5 | 2.3 | $4.5M | +1.8% | #457 of 1,302 |
| 6Talladega County, AL | 57 | 7 | 2.1 | $4.6M | +0.3% | #481 of 1,302 |
| 7Tuscaloosa County, AL | 57 | 32 | 3.6 | $3M | +3.8% | #493 of 1,302 |
| 8Mobile County, AL | 56 | 45 | 2.8 | $3.6M | −0.7% | #514 of 1,302 |
| 9Lee County, AL | 56 | 24 | 3.5 | $3.1M | +8.6% | #525 of 1,302 |
| 10Madison County, AL | 56 | 69 | 4.2 | $2.9M | +11.0% | #529 of 1,302 |
| Butler County, AL | Not scored | 2 | 2.6 | $3.4M | −4.8% |
Other business types in Butler County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Butler County, AL?
Butler County has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Butler County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Butler County, AL spend on medical and dental services?
About $6.8M a year, or $898 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,597 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, AL compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Butler County has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending.
How fast is Butler County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 18,100 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,597 households. The median household income in Butler County is $44,755 a year, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Butler County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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