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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Burley, ID area

How the Burley, ID area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #116 of 400 scored small-town markets
#2 of 5 scored small-town markets based in Idaho

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.5M
On medical and dental services · $1,174 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
49,308
+6.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 optometrists and eye clinics in the Burley area. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.2, 2% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Burley area comes to about $19.5M a year: $1,174 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $2.8M per practice, 11% 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.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Burley area in 2023. That is one for every 5,534 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Burley area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in the Burley area is 62 (upper middle), #116 of 400 scored small-town markets and #2 of 5 scored small-town markets based in Idaho.

How the Burley area compares

The same measures for Idaho 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 Burley, ID area compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureBurley areaIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.24.24.1
Spending per listing$2.8M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,5343,9185,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a0.0%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.2%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,174$1,264$1,288
Median household income$70,536$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score6242

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Burley 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 Burley area

Population, 2025 estimate
49,308+6.2% since 2020
Households
16,602
Median age
35.2
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
3,323 sq. mi.
People per square mile
14
Median household income
$70,536+32.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,920
Median home value
$272,800
Jobs located here
21,674
Daytime population
47,869Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Idaho

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Idaho for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Burley area marked.

Top small-town markets in Idaho

Small-town markets in Idaho ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Jackson, WY-ID8153.4$4.7M+4.2%#15 of 400
1Sandpoint, ID6963.0$4.1M+14.8%#62 of 400
Brigham City, UT-ID6883.7$3.4M+12.6%#70 of 400
2Burley, ID6274.2$2.8M+6.2%#116 of 400
3Blackfoot, ID6153.1$4M+6.4%#118 of 400
4Moscow, ID5484.9$2.4M+5.6%#176 of 400
5Rexburg, ID31147.8$1.5M+4.5%#340 of 400

Other business types in the Burley area

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Burley, ID area?

There are 7 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Burley area as of September 2026. None of them 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 the Burley, ID area spend on medical and dental services?

About $19.5M a year, or $1,174 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 16,602 households in the Burley area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Burley, ID area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

The Burley area has 4.2 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.8M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Burley area would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,534 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is the Burley, ID area growing?

Population estimates put the Burley area at 49,308 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,602 households. The median household income in the Burley area is $70,536 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.8% 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. 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 Burley area scores 62 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #116 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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