Health care · Small-town market · Kansas
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #258 of 400 scored small-town markets
#5 of 11 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,256 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,382
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 optometrists and eye clinics in the Arkansas City-Winfield area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 33%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
At $1,256 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Arkansas City-Winfield area spend about $16.8M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 6 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 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Arkansas City-Winfield area in 2023. That is one for every 3,347 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Arkansas City-Winfield area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Arkansas City-Winfield area scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #258 of 400 scored small-town markets and #5 of 11 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Arkansas City-Winfield area compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Arkansas City-Winfield area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.8M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,347 | 4,105 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.9% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,256 | $1,422 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $57,878 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Arkansas City-Winfield 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 Arkansas City-Winfield area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,382−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,387
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $57,878
- Average household income
- $81,245
- Median home value
- $120,900
- Jobs located here
- 13,490
- Daytime population
- 33,626Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Arkansas City-Winfield area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hutchinson, KS | 67 | 8 | 3.1 | $4M | −0.6% | #73 of 400 |
| 2McPherson, KS | 52 | 5 | 4.1 | $3.4M | −0.4% | #185 of 400 |
| 3Salina, KS | 47 | 13 | 5.2 | $2.5M | −1.4% | #234 of 400 |
| 4Pittsburg, KS | 43 | 6 | 3.8 | $3.2M | +0.1% | #257 of 400 |
| 5Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 43 | 6 | 4.5 | $2.8M | −0.4% | #258 of 400 |
| 6Hays, KS | 43 | 7 | 5.7 | $2.3M | +0.4% | #261 of 400 |
| 7Emporia, KS | 42 | 7 | 4.8 | $2.6M | +0.4% | #267 of 400 |
| 8Great Bend, KS | 40 | 5 | 4.8 | $2.6M | −2.5% | #281 of 400 |
| 9Dodge City, KS | 36 | 9 | 7.6 | $1.8M | −0.6% | #312 of 400 |
| 10Garden City, KS | 29 | 9 | 6.8 | $2M | −2.1% | #348 of 400 |
Other business types in the Arkansas City-Winfield 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 clinics57
- Dentists and orthodontists44
- Primary care and pediatrics63
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors38
- Physical therapy49
- Optometrists and eye care43
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area?
There are 6 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Arkansas City-Winfield area as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area spend on medical and dental services?
About $16.8M a year, or $1,256 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 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 13,387 households in the Arkansas City-Winfield area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Arkansas City-Winfield area has 4.5 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 10% 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 Arkansas City-Winfield area would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,347 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Arkansas City-Winfield area at 34,382 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,387 households. The median household income in the Arkansas City-Winfield area is $57,878 a year, 28% 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. 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 Arkansas City-Winfield area scores 43 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #258 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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