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Optometrists and eye clinics in Barrow County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in Barrow County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #104 of 1,302 scored counties
#4 of 53 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
9
2 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$34.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,118 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
22% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.9
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
99,773
+18.7% 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

Barrow County scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #104 of 1,302 scored counties and #4 of 53 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for optometrists and eye clinics.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Barrow County comes to about $34.4M a year: $1,118 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per practice, 22% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

Barrow County has 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.9, 29% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Barrow County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 10,263 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Barrow County from 2020 to 2025 at +18.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Barrow County compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Barrow County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureBarrow CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.93.74.1
Spending per listing$3.8M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment10,2635,8215,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.9%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+18.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,118$1,150$1,288
Median household income$80,653$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score7748

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$460K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
92 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Barrow 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 Barrow County

Population, 2025 estimate
99,773+18.7% since 2020
Households
30,789
Median age
36.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
161 sq. mi.
People per square mile
558
Median household income
$80,653+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,651
Median home value
$294,700
Jobs located here
23,333
Daytime population
69,296Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Georgia

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

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbia County, GA86112.0$6.4M+7.9%#12 of 1,302
2Paulding County, GA85132.2$5.7M+12.7%#15 of 1,302
3Walton County, GA8351.4$8.3M+16.0%#26 of 1,302
4Barrow County, GA7792.9$3.8M+18.7%#104 of 1,302
5Newton County, GA74122.9$3.8M+11.2%#141 of 1,302
6Jackson County, GA7172.5$4.9M+29.3%#176 of 1,302
7Carroll County, GA70143.2$3.4M+9.8%#206 of 1,302
8Gordon County, GA6952.3$4.5M+6.9%#213 of 1,302
9Bartow County, GA68102.4$4.6M+10.5%#227 of 1,302
10Henry County, GA66283.2$3.6M+9.5%#279 of 1,302

Other business types in Barrow County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Barrow County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 optometrists and eye clinics in Barrow County. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.

How much do households in Barrow County, GA spend on medical and dental services?

About $34.4M a year, or $1,118 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 30,789 households in Barrow County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Barrow County, GA compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

Barrow County has 2.9 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.8M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Barrow County would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,263 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Barrow County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Barrow County at 99,773 people in 2025, up 18.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,789 households. Median household income in Barrow County is $80,653, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.4%, 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. Barrow County scores 77 for optometrists and eye clinics (high), #104 of 1,302 scored counties.

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