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Optometrists and eye clinics in Meade County, KY

How Meade 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 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$12.2M
On medical and dental services · $1,105 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
29% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.7
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,699
+2.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 optometrists and eye clinics in Meade County. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Meade County comes to about $12.2M a year: $1,105 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 29% above 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.

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

Population estimates show Meade County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Meade County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Meade 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.

Optometrists and eye care in Meade County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureMeade CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.74.14.1
Spending per listing$4.1M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,6225,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.8%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,105$1,042$1,288
Median household income$74,355$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored30

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
30 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 Meade 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 Meade County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,699+2.2% since 2020
Households
11,007
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
306 sq. mi.
People per square mile
99
Median household income
$74,355+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,803
Median home value
$207,900
Jobs located here
5,894
Daytime population
23,204Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY7483.5$4.1M+4.9%#138 of 1,302
2Warren County, KY71173.1$3.4M+10.6%#191 of 1,302
3Bullitt County, KY6582.5$4.5M+5.0%#294 of 1,302
4Madison County, KY62123.2$3.2M+9.4%#374 of 1,302
5Shelby County, KY5873.8$3M+6.2%#476 of 1,302
6Jessamine County, KY5573.5$3.2M+7.8%#557 of 1,302
7Kenton County, KY55314.6$2.5M+3.9%#568 of 1,302
8Jefferson County, KY461624.9$2.2M+1.6%#783 of 1,302
9Fayette County, KY44674.8$2.3M+2.2%#827 of 1,302
10Boone County, KY44295.7$2.2M+6.5%#828 of 1,302
Meade County, KYNot scored32.7$4.1M+2.2%

Other business types in Meade County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Meade County, KY?

There are 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Meade County as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Meade County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Meade County, KY spend on medical and dental services?

About $12.2M a year, or $1,105 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 11,007 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Meade County has 2.7 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $4.1M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Meade County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Meade County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Meade County at 30,699 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,007 households. The median household income in Meade County is $74,355 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Meade County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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 Meade County

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