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Optometrists and eye clinics in Ouachita Parish, LA
The optometrists and eye clinics in Ouachita Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #696 of 1,302 scored counties
#8 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 19
- 3 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $61.1M
- On medical and dental services · $994 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,542
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Ouachita Parish comes to about $61.1M a year: $994 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
There are 19 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Ouachita Parish as of September 2026. 3 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 3.1 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Ouachita Parish in 2023. That is one for every 8,784 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ouachita Parish declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For optometrists and eye clinics, Ouachita Parish has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #696 of 1,302 scored counties and #8 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Ouachita 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.
| Measure | Ouachita Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,784 | 7,162 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.2% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $994 | $1,036 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $54,688 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 69
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 193 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Ouachita 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 Ouachita Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,542−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 61,489
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 610 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 260
- Median household income
- $54,688+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,881
- Median home value
- $194,400
- Jobs located here
- 68,646
- Daytime population
- 165,193Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ascension Parish, LA | 82 | 8 | 1.7 | $7.4M | +6.4% | #33 of 1,302 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 79 | 11 | 2.1 | $5.4M | +8.5% | #62 of 1,302 |
| 3Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 56 | 17 | 3.3 | $3M | +5.8% | #526 of 1,302 |
| 4St. Landry Parish, LA | 55 | 7 | 2.2 | $4.1M | −1.9% | #544 of 1,302 |
| 5Calcasieu Parish, LA | 55 | 21 | 2.7 | $4M | −3.7% | #547 of 1,302 |
| 6Orleans Parish, LA | 55 | 42 | 2.7 | $3.9M | −5.5% | #548 of 1,302 |
| 7Iberia Parish, LA | 54 | 6 | 2.2 | $4.3M | −4.6% | #572 of 1,302 |
| 8Ouachita Parish, LA | 49 | 19 | 3.1 | $3.2M | −1.0% | #696 of 1,302 |
| 9Bossier Parish, LA | 49 | 18 | 3.5 | $3M | +2.5% | #703 of 1,302 |
| 10Acadia Parish, LA | 46 | 5 | 2.3 | $4.1M | −0.8% | #760 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Ouachita Parish
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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics11
- Dentists and orthodontists12
- Primary care and pediatrics11
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors43
- Physical therapy11
- Optometrists and eye care49
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Ouachita Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 optometrists and eye clinics in Ouachita Parish. 3 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Ouachita Parish, LA spend on medical and dental services?
About $61.1M a year, or $994 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 61,489 households in Ouachita Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ouachita Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Ouachita Parish has 3.1 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.2M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Ouachita Parish would have about 20, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,784 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Ouachita Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Ouachita Parish at 158,542 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,489 households. Median household income in Ouachita Parish is $54,688, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. Ouachita Parish scores 49 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #696 of 1,302 scored counties.
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