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Optometrists and eye clinics in St. Johns County, FL

The optometrists and eye clinics in St. Johns County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #650 of 1,302 scored counties
#25 of 45 scored counties in Florida

Listings
69
12 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
25
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$158.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,368 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.0
46% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
346,328
+25.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 69 optometrists and eye clinics in St. Johns County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That is 6.0 per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Households in St. Johns County spend about $158.4M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,368 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per practice, 27% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in St. Johns County was 25 in 2023. That is one for every 4,632 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $535K has gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in St. Johns County.

Population estimates put the population change in St. Johns County from 2020 to 2025 at +25.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in St. Johns County is 52 (upper middle), #650 of 1,302 scored counties and #25 of 45 scored counties in Florida.

How St. Johns County 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.

Optometrists and eye care in St. Johns County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Johns CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.04.34.1
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,6325,6805,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+25.0%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,368$1,132$1,288
Median household income$109,839$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5238

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 25
Employees, 2023
196
Annual payroll, 2023
$12M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6912 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$535K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in St. Johns 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 St. Johns County

Population, 2025 estimate
346,328+25.0% since 2020
Households
115,794
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
601 sq. mi.
People per square mile
511
Median household income
$109,839+33.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$148,427
Median home value
$489,200
Jobs located here
95,238
Daytime population
271,916Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Florida, with St. Johns County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Flagler County, FL84122.3$5M+21.0%#20 of 1,302
2Santa Rosa County, FL79182.5$4.9M+11.7%#63 of 1,302
3Walton County, FL7892.6$4.6M+22.9%#81 of 1,302
4Bay County, FL73243.0$3.6M+17.2%#152 of 1,302
5Citrus County, FL72182.5$3.9M+11.1%#166 of 1,302
6Lake County, FL71573.5$3.2M+18.1%#193 of 1,302
7Polk County, FL70893.1$3.4M+19.8%#205 of 1,302
8St. Lucie County, FL67473.4$3.1M+21.4%#270 of 1,302
9Pasco County, FL67833.5$3.1M+19.1%#271 of 1,302
10Marion County, FL66482.9$3.4M+17.3%#284 of 1,302
25St. Johns County, FL52696.0$2.3M+25.0%#650 of 1,302

Other business types in St. Johns County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in St. Johns County, FL?

St. Johns County has 69 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.

How much do households in St. Johns County, FL spend on medical and dental services?

About $158.4M a year, or $1,368 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 115,794 households in St. Johns County and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Johns County, FL compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

St. Johns County has 6.0 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.3M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, St. Johns County would have about 51, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,632 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Johns County, FL growing?

Population estimates put St. Johns County at 346,328 people in 2025, up 25.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 115,794 households. The median household income in St. Johns County is $109,839 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.5% 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. St. Johns County scores 52 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #650 of 1,302 scored counties.

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