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Optometrists and eye clinics in Somerset County, ME
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in Somerset County, ME, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $23.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,020 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.9M
- 89% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,620
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Somerset County spend about $23.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,020 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $5.9M per practice, 89% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
Somerset County has 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.7, 59% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Somerset County classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 7,736 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Somerset County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Somerset County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Somerset County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Somerset County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $5.9M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,736 | 5,380 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,020 | $1,163 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $58,179 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Somerset 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 Somerset County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,620+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 23,209
- Median age
- 46.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,924 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $58,179+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,305
- Median home value
- $166,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,253
- Daytime population
- 42,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York County, ME | 72 | 27 | 3.0 | $4.2M | +4.8% | #164 of 1,302 |
| 2Oxford County, ME | 63 | 6 | 2.5 | $4.3M | +4.2% | #340 of 1,302 |
| 3Kennebec County, ME | 56 | 18 | 3.3 | $3.3M | +3.5% | #519 of 1,302 |
| 4Androscoggin County, ME | 56 | 16 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +4.8% | #523 of 1,302 |
| 5Cumberland County, ME | 52 | 60 | 4.5 | $2.9M | +4.5% | #642 of 1,302 |
| 6Hancock County, ME | 48 | 9 | 3.5 | $3.2M | +3.0% | #728 of 1,302 |
| 7Waldo County, ME | 43 | 7 | 4.0 | $2.8M | +2.6% | #840 of 1,302 |
| 8Lincoln County, ME | 42 | 8 | 4.8 | $2.4M | +3.8% | #873 of 1,302 |
| 9Penobscot County, ME | 40 | 30 | 4.6 | $2.4M | +3.8% | #917 of 1,302 |
| 10Knox County, ME | 28 | 10 | 5.4 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #1,111 of 1,302 |
| Somerset County, ME | Not scored | 4 | 1.7 | $5.9M | +2.3% |
Other business types in Somerset 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 Somerset County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 optometrists and eye clinics in Somerset County. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Somerset County, ME spend on medical and dental services?
About $23.7M a year, or $1,020 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $5.9M 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 23,209 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Somerset County, ME compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Somerset County has 1.7 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $5.9M, 89% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Somerset County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,736 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Somerset County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Somerset County at 51,620 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,209 households. Median household income in Somerset County is $58,179, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.5%, 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. Somerset County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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