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Optometrists and eye clinics in Rapides Parish, LA
How Rapides 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 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,140 of 1,302 scored counties
#22 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 20
- 7 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,004 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Rapides Parish scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #1,140 of 1,302 scored counties and #22 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Rapides Parish comes to about $49.2M a year: $1,004 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
Rapides Parish has 20 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 4.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Rapides Parish was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 4,895 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Rapides Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rapides 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,895 | 7,162 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.2% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,004 | $1,036 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 207 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Rapides Parish marked.
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 |
| 22Rapides Parish, LA | 25 | 20 | 4.1 | $2.5M | −2.9% | #1,140 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Rapides 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 orthodontists18
- Primary care and pediatrics10
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors56
- Physical therapy17
- Optometrists and eye care25
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Rapides Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 optometrists and eye clinics in Rapides Parish. 7 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on medical and dental services?
About $49.2M a year, or $1,004 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 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 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Rapides Parish has 4.1 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.5M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 16, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,895 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 25 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #1,140 of 1,302 scored counties.
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