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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Russellville, AL area

How the Russellville, AL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.2M
On medical and dental services · $936 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,449
+1.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 optometrists and eye clinics in the Russellville area. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Russellville area comes to about $11.2M a year: $936 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $2.8M per practice, 11% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. 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 the Russellville area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Russellville area grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, the Russellville area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Russellville area 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.

Optometrists and eye care in Russellville, AL area compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureRussellville areaAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.33.74.1
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,6265,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.6%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$936$1,050$1,288
Median household income$53,338$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored33

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
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 the Russellville area, 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 the Russellville area

Population, 2025 estimate
32,449+1.1% since 2020
Households
11,954
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
634 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$53,338
Average household income
$68,636
Median home value
$136,000
Jobs located here
10,404
Daytime population
28,894Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Alabama

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Russellville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Alabama

Small-town markets in Alabama ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
LaGrange, GA-AL7561.5$6.6M+3.0%#29 of 400
1Talladega-Sylacauga, AL6571.8$5.2M0.0%#82 of 400
2Ozark, AL6252.5$3.8M+1.3%#109 of 400
3Enterprise, AL5873.3$3.2M+6.3%#138 of 400
4Fort Payne, AL5672.7$3.4M+3.4%#152 of 400
5Cullman, AL45226.2$1.7M+6.7%#252 of 400
6Scottsboro, AL3983.7$2.6M+3.3%#294 of 400
7Albertville, AL31205.5$1.9M+6.0%#336 of 400
8Selma, AL1285.0$1.6M−7.9%#390 of 400
Russellville, ALNot scored43.3$2.8M+1.1%

Other business types in the Russellville area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Russellville, AL area?

The Russellville area has 4 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 the Russellville area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Russellville, AL area spend on medical and dental services?

About $11.2M a year, or $936 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 11,954 households in the Russellville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Russellville, AL area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

The Russellville area has 3.3 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.8M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending.

How fast is the Russellville, AL area growing?

Population estimates put the Russellville area at 32,449 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,954 households. The median household income in the Russellville area is $53,338 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Russellville area has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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