Health care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Pine Bluff, AR area
How the Pine Bluff, AR 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 · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #313 of 400 scored small-town markets
#3 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.2M
- On medical and dental services · $935 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
- 70,211
- −5.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Pine Bluff area scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #313 of 400 scored small-town markets and #3 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Pine Bluff area spend about $25.2M a year on medical and dental services, or $935 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
There are 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Pine Bluff area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Pine Bluff area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 5,390 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Pine Bluff area declined 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Pine Bluff area 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 | Pine Bluff area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.7M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,390 | 4,805 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.5% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $935 | $1,022 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $51,605 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Pine Bluff 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 Pine Bluff area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,211−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 26,948
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,470 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $51,605
- Average household income
- $69,923
- Median home value
- $117,000
- Jobs located here
- 25,800
- Daytime population
- 69,510Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Pine Bluff area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Russellville, AR | 58 | 9 | 2.8 | $3.6M | +1.6% | #137 of 400 |
| 2Searcy, AR | 40 | 11 | 3.7 | $2.6M | +4.2% | #282 of 400 |
| 3Pine Bluff, AR | 35 | 9 | 3.3 | $2.8M | −5.6% | #313 of 400 |
| 4Mountain Home, AR | 34 | 8 | 4.1 | $2.3M | +3.1% | #319 of 400 |
| 5Batesville, AR | 33 | 9 | 6.1 | $1.6M | +2.2% | #327 of 400 |
| 6Paragould, AR | 23 | 10 | 5.6 | $1.7M | +3.4% | #369 of 400 |
| 7Camden, AR | 14 | 5 | 4.8 | $1.9M | −3.6% | #386 of 400 |
| 8Blytheville, AR | 10 | 9 | 5.8 | $1.7M | −6.7% | #393 of 400 |
| 9Magnolia, AR | 8 | 5 | 5.9 | $1.6M | −3.7% | #397 of 400 |
Other business types in the Pine Bluff area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics19
- Dentists and orthodontists34
- Primary care and pediatrics10
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors49
- Physical therapy43
- Optometrists and eye care35
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Pine Bluff, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 optometrists and eye clinics in the Pine Bluff area. 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 the Pine Bluff, AR area spend on medical and dental services?
About $25.2M a year, or $935 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,948 households in the Pine Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pine Bluff, AR area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Pine Bluff 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. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Pine Bluff area would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,390 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pine Bluff, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Pine Bluff area at 70,211 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,948 households. Median household income in the Pine Bluff area is $51,605, 36% 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 Pine Bluff area scores 35 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #313 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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