Health care · Small-town market · Alabama
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Selma, AL area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in the Selma, AL area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #390 of 400 scored small-town markets
#8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.1M
- On medical and dental services · $819 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,140
- −7.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Selma area scores 12 (low) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #390 of 400 scored small-town markets and #8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 optometrists and eye clinics in the Selma area. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Selma area comes to about $13.1M a year: $819 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per practice, 48% 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.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Selma area in 2023. That is one for every 3,987 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Selma area from 2020 to 2025 at −7.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Selma 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.
| Measure | Selma area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,987 | 5,626 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $819 | $1,050 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $35,627 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 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 Selma 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 Selma area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,140−7.9% since 2020
- Households
- 15,947
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 979 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $35,627+5.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $53,885
- Median home value
- $94,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,268
- Daytime population
- 34,961Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →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 Selma area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 75 | 6 | 1.5 | $6.6M | +3.0% | #29 of 400 |
| 1Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 65 | 7 | 1.8 | $5.2M | 0.0% | #82 of 400 |
| 2Ozark, AL | 62 | 5 | 2.5 | $3.8M | +1.3% | #109 of 400 |
| 3Enterprise, AL | 58 | 7 | 3.3 | $3.2M | +6.3% | #138 of 400 |
| 4Fort Payne, AL | 56 | 7 | 2.7 | $3.4M | +3.4% | #152 of 400 |
| 5Cullman, AL | 45 | 22 | 6.2 | $1.7M | +6.7% | #252 of 400 |
| 6Scottsboro, AL | 39 | 8 | 3.7 | $2.6M | +3.3% | #294 of 400 |
| 7Albertville, AL | 31 | 20 | 5.5 | $1.9M | +6.0% | #336 of 400 |
| 8Selma, AL | 12 | 8 | 5.0 | $1.6M | −7.9% | #390 of 400 |
Other business types in the Selma area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Selma, AL area?
There are 8 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Selma area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Selma, AL area spend on medical and dental services?
About $13.1M a year, or $819 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 15,947 households in the Selma area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Selma, AL area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Selma area has 5.0 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.6M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Selma area would have about 4, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,987 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Selma, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Selma area at 35,140 people in 2025, down 7.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,947 households. The median household income in the Selma area is $35,627 a year, 56% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 5.3% 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. 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 Selma area scores 12 for optometrists and eye clinics (low), #390 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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