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Optometrists and eye clinics in Ouachita County, AR
The optometrists and eye clinics in Ouachita County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 5 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #1,295 of 1,302 scored counties
#20 of 21 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.9M
- On medical and dental services · $921 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,731
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
For optometrists and eye clinics, Ouachita County has a Groundwork market score of 5 (very low): #1,295 of 1,302 scored counties and #20 of 21 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 optometrists and eye clinics in Ouachita County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 41% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Households in Ouachita County spend about $7.9M a year on medical and dental services, or $921 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $1.6M per practice, 49% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Ouachita County classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 2,875 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ouachita County declined 3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ouachita 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.
| Measure | Ouachita County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.7M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,875 | 4,805 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.5% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $921 | $1,022 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $49,268 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 5 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Ouachita 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 Ouachita County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,731−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 8,624
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 733 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $49,268+39.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,528
- Median home value
- $102,100
- Jobs located here
- 6,318
- Daytime population
- 19,004Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Ouachita County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Faulkner County, AR | 68 | 15 | 3.0 | $3.5M | +8.2% | #241 of 1,302 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 65 | 9 | 1.8 | $6.2M | +7.6% | #290 of 1,302 |
| 3Lonoke County, AR | 62 | 7 | 2.5 | $4.4M | +3.5% | #359 of 1,302 |
| 4Benton County, AR | 61 | 41 | 3.7 | $3.4M | +16.0% | #398 of 1,302 |
| 5Crawford County, AR | 49 | 6 | 2.6 | $3.9M | +4.1% | #693 of 1,302 |
| 6Pope County, AR | 47 | 7 | 2.9 | $3.5M | +2.5% | #738 of 1,302 |
| 7Garland County, AR | 44 | 11 | 2.5 | $3.9M | −0.6% | #812 of 1,302 |
| 8Washington County, AR | 39 | 47 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +9.9% | #934 of 1,302 |
| 9White County, AR | 32 | 11 | 3.7 | $2.6M | +4.2% | #1,052 of 1,302 |
| 10Pulaski County, AR | 31 | 84 | 4.9 | $2.2M | +1.3% | #1,075 of 1,302 |
| 20Ouachita County, AR | 5 | 5 | 5.8 | $1.6M | −3.9% | #1,295 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Ouachita County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Ouachita County, AR?
There are 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Ouachita County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Ouachita County, AR spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.9M a year, or $921 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 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 8,624 households in Ouachita County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ouachita County, AR compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Ouachita County has 5.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.6M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Ouachita County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,875 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Ouachita County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Ouachita County at 21,731 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,624 households. The median household income in Ouachita County is $49,268 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.1% 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. Ouachita County scores 5 for optometrists and eye clinics (very low), #1,295 of 1,302 scored counties.
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