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Optometrists and eye clinics in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

How East Baton Rouge Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #870 of 1,302 scored counties
#14 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
76
9 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
25
+8.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$190.5M
On medical and dental services · $1,075 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
456,180
+0.1% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in East Baton Rouge Parish comes to about $190.5M a year: $1,075 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 76 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $2.5M per practice, 20% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

There are 76 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in East Baton Rouge Parish as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 12%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 25 businesses with payroll in East Baton Rouge Parish classed as offices of optometrists, up 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 7,092 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of East Baton Rouge Parish grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, East Baton Rouge Parish has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #870 of 1,302 scored counties and #14 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana.

How East Baton Rouge Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 East Baton Rouge Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureEast Baton Rouge ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.33.54.1
Spending per listing$2.5M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment7,0927,1625,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.7%+7.2%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,075$1,036$1,288
Median household income$63,071$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4234

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23 → 25+8.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
208
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
769 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
61The 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 East Baton Rouge Parish, 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 East Baton Rouge Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
456,180+0.1% since 2020
Households
177,295
Median age
36.2
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
456 sq. mi.
People per square mile
994
Median household income
$63,071+14.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,663
Median home value
$248,800
Jobs located here
276,235
Daytime population
543,191Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with East Baton Rouge Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ascension Parish, LA8281.7$7.4M+6.4%#33 of 1,302
2Livingston Parish, LA79112.1$5.4M+8.5%#62 of 1,302
3Tangipahoa Parish, LA56173.3$3M+5.8%#526 of 1,302
4St. Landry Parish, LA5572.2$4.1M−1.9%#544 of 1,302
5Calcasieu Parish, LA55212.7$4M−3.7%#547 of 1,302
6Orleans Parish, LA55422.7$3.9M−5.5%#548 of 1,302
7Iberia Parish, LA5462.2$4.3M−4.6%#572 of 1,302
8Ouachita Parish, LA49193.1$3.2M−1.0%#696 of 1,302
9Bossier Parish, LA49183.5$3M+2.5%#703 of 1,302
10Acadia Parish, LA4652.3$4.1M−0.8%#760 of 1,302
14East Baton Rouge Parish, LA42764.3$2.5M+0.1%#870 of 1,302

Other business types in East Baton Rouge Parish

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 76 optometrists and eye clinics in East Baton Rouge Parish. 9 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019.

How much do households in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA spend on medical and dental services?

About $190.5M a year, or $1,075 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 177,295 households in East Baton Rouge Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does East Baton Rouge Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

East Baton Rouge Parish has 4.3 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.5M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, East Baton Rouge Parish would have about 61, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,092 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.2% for the U.S.

How fast is East Baton Rouge Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put East Baton Rouge Parish at 456,180 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,295 households. Median household income in East Baton Rouge Parish is $63,071, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.8%, 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. East Baton Rouge Parish scores 42 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #870 of 1,302 scored counties.

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