Health care · Small-town market · California
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area
How the Eureka-Arcata, CA 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #100 of 400 scored small-town markets
#4 of 5 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $64.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,170 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- 71% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,647
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 optometrists and eye clinics in the Eureka-Arcata area. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Eureka-Arcata area comes to about $64.3M a year: $1,170 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.4M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 71% 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.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Eureka-Arcata area in 2023. That is one for every 6,102 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Eureka-Arcata area declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in the Eureka-Arcata area is 63 (upper middle), #100 of 400 scored small-town markets and #4 of 5 scored small-town markets based in California. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Eureka-Arcata area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Eureka-Arcata area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $3.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,102 | 4,914 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.0% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,170 | $1,464 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $61,160 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 57
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Eureka-Arcata 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 Eureka-Arcata area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,647−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 54,922
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $61,160+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,194
- Median home value
- $446,900
- Jobs located here
- 48,178
- Daytime population
- 133,286Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 83 | 10 | 2.3 | $6M | −0.4% | #8 of 400 |
| 2Clearlake, CA | 71 | 7 | 2.6 | $4.5M | −0.6% | #51 of 400 |
| 3Red Bluff, CA | 64 | 5 | 2.0 | $5.8M | −1.7% | #87 of 400 |
| 4Eureka-Arcata, CA | 63 | 12 | 2.2 | $5.4M | −3.4% | #100 of 400 |
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 63 | 7 | 3.2 | $4.3M | +0.9% | #101 of 400 |
| 5Ukiah, CA | 55 | 12 | 3.4 | $3.5M | −3.5% | #160 of 400 |
Other business types in the Eureka-Arcata 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 clinics50
- Dentists and orthodontists37
- Primary care and pediatrics48
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors68
- Physical therapy60
- Optometrists and eye care63
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area?
The Eureka-Arcata area has 12 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $64.3M a year, or $1,170 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 54,922 households in the Eureka-Arcata area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Eureka-Arcata, CA area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Eureka-Arcata area has 2.2 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $5.4M, 71% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Eureka-Arcata area would have about 21, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,102 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Eureka-Arcata, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Eureka-Arcata area at 131,647 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 54,922 households. The median household income in the Eureka-Arcata area is $61,160 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.3% 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 Eureka-Arcata area scores 63 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #100 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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