Health care · Metro area · Indiana
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Terre Haute, IN metro area
How the Terre Haute, IN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #344 of 386 scored metro areas
#11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 32
- 7 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $84.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,252 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 169,241
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Terre Haute metro area scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #344 of 386 scored metro areas and #11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Terre Haute metro area spend about $84.3M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,252 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
The Terre Haute metro area has 32 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 4.7 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Terre Haute metro area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 4,812 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Terre Haute metro area grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Terre Haute metro area 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.
| Measure | Terre Haute metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,812 | 4,204 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.5% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,252 | $1,390 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $56,594 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 90
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 327 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Terre Haute metro 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 Terre Haute metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 169,241+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 67,374
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,465 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $56,594
- Average household income
- $78,125
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 62,390
- Daytime population
- 165,337Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Terre Haute metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 70 | 21 | 2.9 | $4.7M | +0.9% | #42 of 386 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 66 | 366 | 4.0 | $3.5M | +2.7% | #74 of 386 |
| 2Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 61 | 361 | 4.3 | $3.5M | +5.4% | #100 of 386 |
| 3South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 55 | 44 | 3.4 | $4M | +0.1% | #139 of 386 |
| 4Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 54 | 34 | 3.7 | $3.5M | +2.1% | #150 of 386 |
| 5Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 51 | 14 | 3.2 | $4.2M | −0.9% | #186 of 386 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 50 | 1,838 | 5.0 | $3.1M | 0.0% | #201 of 386 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 48 | 229 | 4.1 | $2.9M | +2.9% | #224 of 386 |
| 6Fort Wayne, IN | 47 | 79 | 4.3 | $3.2M | +3.9% | #231 of 386 |
| 7Columbus, IN | 41 | 18 | 5.4 | $2.7M | +4.3% | #280 of 386 |
| 11Terre Haute, IN | 29 | 32 | 4.7 | $2.6M | +0.3% | #344 of 386 |
Other business types in the Terre Haute metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics58
- Dentists and orthodontists67
- Primary care and pediatrics48
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors52
- Physical therapy44
- Optometrists and eye care29
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Terre Haute, IN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 optometrists and eye clinics in the Terre Haute metro area. 7 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Terre Haute, IN metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $84.3M a year, or $1,252 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 67,374 households in the Terre Haute metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Terre Haute, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Terre Haute metro area has 4.7 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.6M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Terre Haute metro area would have about 27, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,812 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Terre Haute, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Terre Haute metro area at 169,241 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,374 households. Median household income in the Terre Haute metro area is $56,594, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Terre Haute metro area scores 29 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #344 of 386 scored metro areas.
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