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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area
The optometrists and eye clinics in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #345 of 386 scored metro areas
#24 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 175
- 21 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 68
- −5.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $428M
- On medical and dental services · $1,527 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 51% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 830,851
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
For optometrists and eye clinics, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #345 of 386 scored metro areas and #24 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area comes to about $428M a year: $1,527 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per practice, 22% 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 175 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area as of September 2026. 21 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 68 businesses with payroll in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area classed as offices of optometrists, down 5.6% from 2019. That is one for every 4,123 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro 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 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,123 | 4,914 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.6% | −6.0% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,527 | $1,464 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $109,797 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 68−5.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 498
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17521 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 137The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 830,851−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 280,360
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,841 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 455
- Median household income
- $109,797+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $144,867
- Median home value
- $822,700
- Jobs located here
- 321,509
- Daytime population
- 755,963Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stockton-Lodi, CA | 86 | 59 | 2.4 | $5.8M | +5.5% | #1 of 386 |
| 2Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 77 | 56 | 2.9 | $5.1M | −0.4% | #19 of 386 |
| 3Vallejo, CA | 72 | 47 | 3.0 | $4.8M | +0.6% | #32 of 386 |
| 4Merced, CA | 72 | 22 | 2.6 | $4.6M | +5.1% | #33 of 386 |
| 5Visalia, CA | 71 | 41 | 2.9 | $4.3M | +2.4% | #36 of 386 |
| 6Fresno, CA | 71 | 122 | 3.3 | $3.8M | +3.2% | #37 of 386 |
| 7Napa, CA | 69 | 16 | 3.2 | $4.8M | −3.3% | #48 of 386 |
| 8Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 69 | 302 | 3.4 | $4.2M | +3.2% | #53 of 386 |
| 9Yuba City, CA | 65 | 18 | 2.9 | $4.4M | +3.3% | #77 of 386 |
| 10Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 60 | 99 | 3.5 | $3.5M | +2.3% | #106 of 386 |
| 24Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 29 | 175 | 6.2 | $2.4M | −1.5% | #345 of 386 |
Other business types in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro 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 clinics37
- Dentists and orthodontists22
- Primary care and pediatrics38
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics28
- Chiropractors40
- Physical therapy44
- Optometrists and eye care29
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 175 optometrists and eye clinics in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. 21 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 68 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023, down 5.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $428M a year, or $1,527 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 175 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 280,360 households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 6.2 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.4M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area would have about 137, against 175 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,123 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area at 830,851 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 280,360 households. Median household income in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area is $109,797, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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. The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 29 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #345 of 386 scored metro areas.
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