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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Easton, MD area

How the Easton, MD area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #94 of 400 scored small-town markets
#1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Maryland

Listings
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$19.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,213 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,238
+2.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 optometrists and eye clinics in the Easton area. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 3.7 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Easton area comes to about $19.9M a year: $1,213 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $3.3M per practice, 6% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Easton area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in the Easton area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, the Easton area has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #94 of 400 scored small-town markets and #1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Easton area 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.

Optometrists and eye care in Easton, MD area compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureEaston areaMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.74.14.1
Spending per listing$3.3M$3.2M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,0105,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.3%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,213$1,322$1,288
Median household income$84,811$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score6459

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
62 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 the Easton area, 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 the Easton area

Population, 2025 estimate
38,238+2.0% since 2020
Households
16,433
Median age
50.1
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
269 sq. mi.
People per square mile
141
Median household income
$84,811+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$126,276
Median home value
$409,700
Jobs located here
17,017
Daytime population
37,878Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Maryland

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Maryland for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Maryland, with the Easton area marked.

Top small-town markets in Maryland

Small-town markets in Maryland ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Easton, MD6463.7$3.3M+2.0%#94 of 400
2Ocean Pines, MD54104.1$2.9M+3.7%#171 of 400
3Cumberland, MD-WV48143.6$2.7M−1.3%#227 of 400
4Cambridge, MD3296.6$1.6M+3.4%#331 of 400

Other business types in the Easton area

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Easton, MD area?

The Easton area has 6 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in the Easton area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Easton, MD area spend on medical and dental services?

About $19.9M a year, or $1,213 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,433 households in the Easton area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Easton, MD area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

The Easton area has 3.7 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.3M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending.

How fast is the Easton, MD area growing?

Population estimates put the Easton area at 38,238 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,433 households. The median household income in the Easton area is $84,811 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Easton area scores 64 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #94 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for optometrists and eye clinics · All 56 business types in the Easton area

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