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Optometrists and eye clinics in Huron County, MI

How Huron County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

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
$17.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,253 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
42% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,530
−2.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 optometrists and eye clinics in Huron County. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Huron County comes to about $17.7M a year: $1,253 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.4M per practice, 42% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Huron County classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 4,717 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Huron County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Huron County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Huron County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Huron County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureHuron CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.83.94.1
Spending per listing$4.4M$3.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,7177,0405,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.8%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.7%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,253$1,412$1,288
Median household income$58,870$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored70

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 3
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$661K
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
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 Huron 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 Huron County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,530−2.7% since 2020
Households
14,150
Median age
48.4
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
836 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37
Median household income
$58,870+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,624
Median home value
$154,300
Jobs located here
11,589
Daytime population
29,753Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Michigan

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The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Huron County marked.

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Allegan County, MI87112.4$6M+2.1%#9 of 1,302
2Ottawa County, MI80383.4$4.5M+3.9%#56 of 1,302
3Monroe County, MI79213.3$4.3M+0.7%#69 of 1,302
4Macomb County, MI771263.5$4.1M+0.7%#102 of 1,302
5Barry County, MI7683.3$4.3M+2.2%#114 of 1,302
6Van Buren County, MI7551.6$8.2M+0.7%#116 of 1,302
7Wayne County, MI741812.6$5.1M−1.1%#131 of 1,302
8Livingston County, MI74314.1$4.1M+1.7%#137 of 1,302
9St. Clair County, MI71192.8$4.9M+0.1%#177 of 1,302
10Marquette County, MI7072.5$5.2M+2.3%#196 of 1,302
Huron County, MINot scored42.8$4.4M−2.7%

Other business types in Huron County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Huron County, MI?

There are 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Huron County as of September 2026. 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 Huron County, MI spend on medical and dental services?

About $17.7M a year, or $1,253 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 14,150 households in Huron County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Huron County, MI compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

Huron County has 2.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $4.4M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Huron County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,717 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Huron County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Huron County at 30,530 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,150 households. The median household income in Huron County is $58,870 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. 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. Huron 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Huron County. It maps the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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

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