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Optometrists and eye clinics in Mahaska County, IA
How Mahaska County, IA 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
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,326 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 21,880
- −1.2% since 2020
See the optometrists and eye clinics around any address in Mahaska County
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Mahaska County comes to about $11.6M a year: $1,326 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $5.8M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
There are 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Mahaska County as of September 2026. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Mahaska County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Mahaska County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Mahaska County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Mahaska County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Mahaska County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $5.8M | $3.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,258 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.6% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,326 | $1,412 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $70,940 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- 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
- 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 Mahaska 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 Mahaska County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,880−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 8,743
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $70,940+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,932
- Median home value
- $157,800
- Jobs located here
- 8,845
- Daytime population
- 19,874Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Story County, IA | 75 | 14 | 3.6 | $3.9M | +2.7% | #125 of 1,302 |
| 2Warren County, IA | 68 | 9 | 4.4 | $3.6M | +9.0% | #237 of 1,302 |
| 3Scott County, IA | 65 | 27 | 3.7 | $3.9M | +0.4% | #298 of 1,302 |
| 4Marshall County, IA | 64 | 5 | 3.2 | $4.2M | −0.5% | #317 of 1,302 |
| 5Dallas County, IA | 64 | 22 | 5.2 | $3.3M | +17.8% | #327 of 1,302 |
| 6Marion County, IA | 62 | 5 | 3.8 | $3.8M | +2.3% | #365 of 1,302 |
| 7Clinton County, IA | 62 | 7 | 3.6 | $3.8M | −0.9% | #366 of 1,302 |
| 8Polk County, IA | 59 | 110 | 5.4 | $2.8M | +4.8% | #454 of 1,302 |
| 9Linn County, IA | 58 | 41 | 4.3 | $3.4M | +0.7% | #467 of 1,302 |
| 10Black Hawk County, IA | 58 | 22 | 4.0 | $3.3M | +0.4% | #469 of 1,302 |
| Mahaska County, IA | Not scored | 2 | 2.3 | $5.8M | −1.2% |
Other business types in Mahaska County
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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Mahaska County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 optometrists and eye clinics in Mahaska County. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Mahaska County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Mahaska County, IA spend on medical and dental services?
About $11.6M a year, or $1,326 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 8,743 households in Mahaska County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mahaska County, IA compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Mahaska 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, Mahaska County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Mahaska County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Mahaska County at 21,880 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,743 households. Median household income in Mahaska County is $70,940, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.4%, 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. Mahaska County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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