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Optometrists and eye clinics in Colquitt County, GA

How Colquitt County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.1M
On medical and dental services · $957 a household
Spending per listing
$8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
47,438
+3.3% 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

At $957 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Colquitt County spend about $16.1M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $8M of household spending for each practice on map listings. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

Colquitt County has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Colquitt County classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 5,601 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Colquitt County grew 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Colquitt County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Colquitt 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 Colquitt County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureColquitt CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.23.74.1
Spending per listing$8M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,6015,8215,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.9%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$957$1,150$1,288
Median household income$49,341$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
3
Annual payroll, 2023
$224K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Colquitt 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 Colquitt County

Population, 2025 estimate
47,438+3.3% since 2020
Households
16,803
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
547 sq. mi.
People per square mile
84
Median household income
$49,341+35.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,603
Median home value
$121,400
Jobs located here
15,271
Daytime population
43,306Residents 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 Colquitt 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
Colquitt County, GANot scored21.2$8M+3.3%

Other business types in Colquitt County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 optometrists and eye clinics in Colquitt County. 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 Colquitt County, GA spend on medical and dental services?

About $16.1M a year, or $957 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $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 16,803 households in Colquitt County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Colquitt County has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Colquitt County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,601 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Colquitt County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Colquitt County at 47,438 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,803 households. Median household income in Colquitt County is $49,341, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.4%, 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. Colquitt County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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