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Optometrists and eye clinics in Will County, IL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #283 of 1,302 scored counties
#9 of 46 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
119
37 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
46
−2.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$414M
On medical and dental services · $1,695 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.9
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
712,253
+2.2% 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 119 optometrists and eye clinics in Will County. 37 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

At $1,695 per household (32% above the U.S. average), households in Will County spend about $414M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 11% above 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 46 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Will County in 2023, down 2.1% from 2019. That is one for every 5,310 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Will County.

Population estimates show Will County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in Will County is 66 (upper middle), #283 of 1,302 scored counties and #9 of 46 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Will County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Will County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureWill CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.94.64.1
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,3105,8025,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.1%+3.1%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,695$1,517$1,288
Median household income$109,984$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6653

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
47 → 46−2.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
316
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11937 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
132The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Will 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 Will County

Population, 2025 estimate
712,253+2.2% since 2020
Households
244,273
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
836 sq. mi.
People per square mile
839
Median household income
$109,984+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$134,183
Median home value
$319,600
Jobs located here
272,349
Daytime population
615,002Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kendall County, IL81112.4$7M+9.9%#41 of 1,302
2McLean County, IL81202.8$5.2M+0.1%#44 of 1,302
3Champaign County, IL79242.8$4.8M+1.8%#64 of 1,302
4Sangamon County, IL78232.7$5.3M−1.0%#76 of 1,302
5Tazewell County, IL75183.3$4.3M−0.9%#123 of 1,302
6Rock Island County, IL72152.4$5.5M−1.7%#156 of 1,302
7Kane County, IL72925.0$3.3M+1.8%#172 of 1,302
8Vermilion County, IL6962.0$6.3M−3.7%#209 of 1,302
9Will County, IL661194.9$3.5M+2.2%#283 of 1,302
10Kankakee County, IL63184.4$3.2M−1.7%#349 of 1,302

Other business types in Will County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Will County, IL?

There are 119 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Will County as of September 2026. 37 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023, down 2.1% from 2019.

How much do households in Will County, IL spend on medical and dental services?

About $414M a year, or $1,695 per household. That is 32% above the U.S. average (an index of 132, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 119 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 244,273 households in Will County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Will County has 4.9 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.5M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Will County would have about 132, against 119 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,310 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Will County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Will County at 712,253 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 244,273 households. The median household income in Will County is $109,984 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Will County scores 66 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #283 of 1,302 scored counties.

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