Health care · Small-town market · Florida
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Arcadia, FL area
The optometrists and eye clinics in the Arcadia, FL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #285 of 400 scored small-town markets
#6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.7M
- On medical and dental services · $911 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,078
- +8.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Arcadia area comes to about $11.7M a year: $911 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $2.3M per practice, 25% 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 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Arcadia area as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in the Arcadia area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Arcadia area grew 8.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, the Arcadia area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #285 of 400 scored small-town markets and #6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida.
How the Arcadia area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Arcadia area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.6M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,680 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.8% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $911 | $1,132 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $54,417 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 38 |
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
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Arcadia 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 Arcadia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,078+8.8% since 2020
- Households
- 12,824
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 637 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $54,417+53.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,542
- Median home value
- $174,100
- Jobs located here
- 9,687
- Daytime population
- 32,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Palatka, FL | 61 | 8 | 2.6 | $3.7M | +5.9% | #119 of 400 |
| 2Okeechobee, FL | 57 | 5 | 3.3 | $3M | +7.4% | #145 of 400 |
| 3Key West-Key Largo, FL | 56 | 14 | 4.1 | $3M | −2.9% | #154 of 400 |
| 4Lake City, FL | 56 | 12 | 4.4 | $2.3M | +6.2% | #158 of 400 |
| 5Clewiston, FL | 52 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.6M | +18.8% | #193 of 400 |
| 6Arcadia, FL | 40 | 5 | 3.9 | $2.3M | +8.8% | #285 of 400 |
Other business types in the Arcadia 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Arcadia, FL area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 optometrists and eye clinics in the Arcadia area. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in the Arcadia area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Arcadia, FL area spend on medical and dental services?
About $11.7M a year, or $911 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 12,824 households in the Arcadia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Arcadia, FL area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Arcadia area has 3.9 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.3M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Arcadia area would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is the Arcadia, FL area growing?
Population estimates put the Arcadia area at 37,078 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,824 households. Median household income in the Arcadia area is $54,417, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 53.6%, 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. 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 Arcadia area scores 40 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #285 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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