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Optometrists and eye clinics in Franklin County, IN

How Franklin County, IN 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 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.1M
On medical and dental services · $1,428 a household
Spending per listing
$13.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
23,286
+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

At $1,428 per household (11% above the U.S. average), households in Franklin County spend about $13.1M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $13.1M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

There is 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Franklin County in 2023. That is one for every 3,070 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, Franklin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Franklin County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Franklin County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.14.14.1
Spending per listing$13.1M$3.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,0704,2045,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.5%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,428$1,390$1,288
Median household income$78,074$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$575K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,286+2.2% since 2020
Households
9,211
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
384 sq. mi.
People per square mile
60
Median household income
$78,074+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,859
Median home value
$249,500
Jobs located here
4,893
Daytime population
16,628Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Boone County, IN79113.8$4.6M+13.5%#67 of 1,302
2Warrick County, IN7862.4$6.5M+4.4%#74 of 1,302
3Hancock County, IN78103.0$5.3M+13.5%#75 of 1,302
4Dearborn County, IN7763.0$4.8M+1.7%#92 of 1,302
5Elkhart County, IN73212.9$4.7M+0.9%#148 of 1,302
6Floyd County, IN71103.1$4.7M+2.0%#179 of 1,302
7Morgan County, IN6793.2$4.6M+4.4%#253 of 1,302
8DeKalb County, IN6652.9$4.7M+2.9%#275 of 1,302
9Porter County, IN66294.2$3.6M+1.6%#280 of 1,302
10Madison County, IN65224.1$3.1M+3.8%#308 of 1,302
Franklin County, INNot scored11.1$13.1M+2.2%

Other business types in Franklin County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Franklin County, IN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 optometrist or eye clinic in Franklin 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 Franklin County, IN spend on medical and dental services?

About $13.1M a year, or $1,428 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, it comes to $13.1M 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 9,211 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Franklin County has 1 optometrist or eye clinic 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, Franklin County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,070 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 23,286 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,211 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $78,074, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Franklin County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for optometrists and eye clinics · All 56 business types in Franklin County

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