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Optometrists and eye clinics in Lawrence County, AR

How Lawrence County, AR compares with other counties 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 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.1M
On medical and dental services · $922 a household
Spending per listing
$6.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
16,273
+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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 optometrist or eye clinic in Lawrence County. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Lawrence County comes to about $6.1M a year: $922 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.1M of household spending for each practice on map listings. 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 Lawrence County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lawrence County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, Lawrence County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lawrence County compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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 Lawrence County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureLawrence CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.53.74.1
Spending per listing$6.1M$2.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,8055,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.5%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$922$1,022$1,288
Median household income$44,882$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored24

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
11 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,273+0.3% since 2020
Households
6,613
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
588 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$44,882+12.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$64,373
Median home value
$98,900
Jobs located here
4,103
Daytime population
14,694Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Lawrence County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Faulkner County, AR68153.0$3.5M+8.2%#241 of 1,302
2Saline County, AR6591.8$6.2M+7.6%#290 of 1,302
3Lonoke County, AR6272.5$4.4M+3.5%#359 of 1,302
4Benton County, AR61413.7$3.4M+16.0%#398 of 1,302
5Crawford County, AR4962.6$3.9M+4.1%#693 of 1,302
6Pope County, AR4772.9$3.5M+2.5%#738 of 1,302
7Garland County, AR44112.5$3.9M−0.6%#812 of 1,302
8Washington County, AR39474.8$2.3M+9.9%#934 of 1,302
9White County, AR32113.7$2.6M+4.2%#1,052 of 1,302
10Pulaski County, AR31844.9$2.2M+1.3%#1,075 of 1,302
Lawrence County, ARNot scored11.5$6.1M+0.3%

Other business types in Lawrence County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Lawrence County, AR?

Lawrence County has 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Lawrence County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Lawrence County, AR spend on medical and dental services?

About $6.1M a year, or $922 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 6,613 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lawrence County has 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Lawrence County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Lawrence County at 16,273 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,613 households. The median household income in Lawrence County is $44,882 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.2% 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. Lawrence County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Lawrence County. It maps the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for optometrists and eye clinics · All 56 business types in Lawrence County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Lawrence County?

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