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Optometrists and eye clinics in Allen County, KY
How Allen County, KY 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
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.8M
- On medical and dental services · $970 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 22,536
- +9.5% since 2020
See the optometrists and eye clinics around any address in Allen County
The site report maps the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Allen County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Allen County comes to about $7.8M a year: $970 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.8M of household spending for each practice on map listings. 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 Allen County as of September 2026. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Allen County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Allen County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, Allen County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Allen County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Allen County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $7.8M | $2.6M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,622 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.8% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $970 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $61,403 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 30 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Allen 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 Allen County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,536+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,035
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 344 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 62
- Median household income
- $61,403+39.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,596
- Median home value
- $192,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,263
- Daytime population
- 18,127Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Allen County?
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 74 | 8 | 3.5 | $4.1M | +4.9% | #138 of 1,302 |
| 2Warren County, KY | 71 | 17 | 3.1 | $3.4M | +10.6% | #191 of 1,302 |
| 3Bullitt County, KY | 65 | 8 | 2.5 | $4.5M | +5.0% | #294 of 1,302 |
| 4Madison County, KY | 62 | 12 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +9.4% | #374 of 1,302 |
| 5Shelby County, KY | 58 | 7 | 3.8 | $3M | +6.2% | #476 of 1,302 |
| 6Jessamine County, KY | 55 | 7 | 3.5 | $3.2M | +7.8% | #557 of 1,302 |
| 7Kenton County, KY | 55 | 31 | 4.6 | $2.5M | +3.9% | #568 of 1,302 |
| 8Jefferson County, KY | 46 | 162 | 4.9 | $2.2M | +1.6% | #783 of 1,302 |
| 9Fayette County, KY | 44 | 67 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +2.2% | #827 of 1,302 |
| 10Boone County, KY | 44 | 29 | 5.7 | $2.2M | +6.5% | #828 of 1,302 |
| Allen County, KY | Not scored | 1 | 1.2 | $7.8M | +9.5% |
Other business types in Allen 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 Allen County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 optometrist or eye clinic in Allen County. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Allen County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Allen County, KY spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.8M a year, or $970 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, it comes to $7.8M 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 8,035 households in Allen County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Allen County, KY compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Allen 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, Allen County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Allen County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Allen County at 22,536 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,035 households. Median household income in Allen County is $61,403, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.4%, 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. Allen 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Allen County. It maps the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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