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Optometrists and eye clinics in Clark County, KY
The optometrists and eye clinics in Clark County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,173 of 1,302 scored counties
#22 of 38 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $15.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,027 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 46% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,888
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Clark County scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #1,173 of 1,302 scored counties and #22 of 38 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Clark County spend about $15.5M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,027 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $1.7M per practice, 45% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
Clark County has 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That is 6.0 per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Clark County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Clark County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clark 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 | Clark County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $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 | +2.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,027 | $1,042 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $64,348 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 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
- 91 chain location
- 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 Clark 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 Clark County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,888+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,055
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 253 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 147
- Median household income
- $64,348+17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,280
- Median home value
- $205,800
- Jobs located here
- 13,487
- Daytime population
- 34,107Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 22Clark County, KY | 23 | 9 | 6.0 | $1.7M | +2.3% | #1,173 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Clark 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 Clark County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 optometrists and eye clinics in Clark County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Clark County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Clark County, KY spend on medical and dental services?
About $15.5M a year, or $1,027 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 15,055 households in Clark County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clark County, KY compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Clark County has 6.0 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.7M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Clark County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Clark County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Clark County at 37,888 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,055 households. Median household income in Clark County is $64,348, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.1%, 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. Clark County scores 23 for optometrists and eye clinics (low), #1,173 of 1,302 scored counties.
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