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Optometrists and eye clinics in Elk County, KS

How Elk County, KS 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.2M
On medical and dental services · $1,250 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
2,458
−0.9% 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

There are no optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Elk County as of September 2026.

At $1,250 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Elk County spend about $1.2M a year on medical and dental services. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Elk County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Elk County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Elk County 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.

Optometrists and eye care in Elk County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureElk CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.05.14.1
Spending per listingn/a$2.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,1055,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.9%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,250$1,422$1,288
Median household income$64,609$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored31

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
0The 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 Elk 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 Elk County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,458−0.9% since 2020
Households
999
Median age
50.9
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
644 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$64,609
Average household income
$73,099
Median home value
$68,500
Jobs located here
656
Daytime population
2,105Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Kansas

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

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wyandotte County, KS78121.9$6.6M+1.0%#73 of 1,302
2Leavenworth County, KS75113.6$4.2M+3.2%#124 of 1,302
3Butler County, KS67103.9$3.7M+3.1%#261 of 1,302
4Reno County, KS6083.1$4M−0.6%#414 of 1,302
5Miami County, KS5575.1$3M+5.9%#560 of 1,302
6Johnson County, KS521636.5$2.6M+4.2%#648 of 1,302
7Geary County, KS4853.5$3.5M−1.2%#725 of 1,302
8Pottawatomie County, KS4766.4$2.4M+6.9%#756 of 1,302
9McPherson County, KS4554.1$3.4M−0.4%#790 of 1,302
10Douglas County, KS45295.8$2.4M+1.8%#801 of 1,302
Elk County, KSNot scored00.0n/a−0.9%

Other business types in Elk County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Elk County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no optometrists and eye clinics in Elk County. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Elk County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Elk County, KS spend on medical and dental services?

About $1.2M a year, or $1,250 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 999 households in Elk County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Elk County has no optometrists and eye clinics on map listings.

How fast is Elk County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Elk County at 2,458 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 999 households. The median household income in Elk County is $64,609 a year, 20% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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 Elk County

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