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Optometrists and eye clinics in Talladega County, AL

How Talladega County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #481 of 1,302 scored counties
#6 of 33 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$32.3M
On medical and dental services · $960 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
47% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.1
49% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
81,603
+0.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 optometrists and eye clinics in Talladega County. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.1, 49% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Talladega County comes to about $32.3M a year: $960 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.6M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 47% above 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Talladega County classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 6,729 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Talladega County grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in Talladega County is 57 (upper middle), #481 of 1,302 scored counties and #6 of 33 scored counties in Alabama.

How Talladega 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.

Optometrists and eye care in Talladega County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureTalladega CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.13.74.1
Spending per listing$4.6M$2.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishment6,7295,6265,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.6%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$960$1,050$1,288
Median household income$57,776$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score5733

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
24
Annual payroll, 2023
$797K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Talladega 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 Talladega County

Population, 2025 estimate
81,603+0.3% since 2020
Households
33,644
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
737 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$57,776+39.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,732
Median home value
$149,200
Jobs located here
26,861
Daytime population
73,023Residents 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 counties in Alabama for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Talladega County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Elmore County, AL7772.1$5.2M+4.2%#90 of 1,302
2Autauga County, AL6852.2$5.1M+5.1%#224 of 1,302
3Limestone County, AL6671.7$6.9M+18.0%#273 of 1,302
4St. Clair County, AL61144.0$2.7M+7.1%#405 of 1,302
5Blount County, AL5852.3$4.5M+1.8%#457 of 1,302
6Talladega County, AL5772.1$4.6M+0.3%#481 of 1,302
7Tuscaloosa County, AL57323.6$3M+3.8%#493 of 1,302
8Mobile County, AL56452.8$3.6M−0.7%#514 of 1,302
9Lee County, AL56243.5$3.1M+8.6%#525 of 1,302
10Madison County, AL56694.2$2.9M+11.0%#529 of 1,302

Other business types in Talladega County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Talladega County, AL?

There are 7 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Talladega County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.

How much do households in Talladega County, AL spend on medical and dental services?

About $32.3M a year, or $960 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 33,644 households in Talladega County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Talladega County has 2.1 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $4.6M, 47% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Talladega County would have about 10, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,729 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Talladega County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Talladega County at 81,603 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,644 households. The median household income in Talladega County is $57,776 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.8% 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. Talladega County scores 57 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #481 of 1,302 scored counties.

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