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Optometrists and eye clinics in Dorchester County, MD
The optometrists and eye clinics in Dorchester County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,149 of 1,302 scored counties
#19 of 19 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,041 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 61% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,628
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in Dorchester County is 25 (lower middle), #1,149 of 1,302 scored counties and #19 of 19 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Dorchester County spend about $14.1M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,041 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
Dorchester County has 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Dorchester County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Dorchester County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Dorchester County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Dorchester County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,010 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,041 | $1,322 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $61,839 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 59 |
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
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Dorchester 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 Dorchester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,628+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,546
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 541 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $61,839+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,771
- Median home value
- $262,400
- Jobs located here
- 12,352
- Daytime population
- 29,247Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Calvert County, MD | 85 | 8 | 2.4 | $6.2M | +1.7% | #14 of 1,302 |
| 2Charles County, MD | 83 | 19 | 3.1 | $4.5M | +5.9% | #32 of 1,302 |
| 3Cecil County, MD | 78 | 7 | 1.7 | $7.1M | +3.2% | #70 of 1,302 |
| 4St. Mary’s County, MD | 77 | 13 | 3.1 | $4.6M | +2.4% | #95 of 1,302 |
| 5Anne Arundel County, MD | 74 | 89 | 4.0 | $3.6M | +1.7% | #142 of 1,302 |
| 6Prince George’s County, MD | 72 | 105 | 3.0 | $4.3M | +0.5% | #163 of 1,302 |
| 7Harford County, MD | 69 | 34 | 3.3 | $4M | +2.0% | #214 of 1,302 |
| 8Carroll County, MD | 67 | 27 | 4.2 | $3.3M | +2.2% | #267 of 1,302 |
| 9Wicomico County, MD | 64 | 13 | 3.2 | $3.5M | +3.2% | #325 of 1,302 |
| 10Frederick County, MD | 60 | 59 | 5.6 | $2.5M | +11.0% | #434 of 1,302 |
| 19Dorchester County, MD | 25 | 9 | 6.6 | $1.6M | +3.4% | #1,149 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Dorchester County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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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 Dorchester County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 optometrists and eye clinics in Dorchester County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Dorchester County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Dorchester County, MD spend on medical and dental services?
About $14.1M a year, or $1,041 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 13,546 households in Dorchester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dorchester County, MD compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Dorchester County has 6.6 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.6M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Dorchester County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Dorchester County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Dorchester County at 33,628 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,546 households. Median household income in Dorchester County is $61,839, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.9%, 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. Dorchester County scores 25 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #1,149 of 1,302 scored counties.
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