Health care · Small-town market · Minnesota
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Bemidji, MN area
How the Bemidji, MN 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,345 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 95% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,055
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 optometrists and eye clinics in the Bemidji area. That comes to 2.2 for every 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Households in the Bemidji area spend about $24.4M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,345 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $6.1M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 95% 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.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Bemidji area in 2023. That is one for every 6,057 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Bemidji area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, the Bemidji area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Bemidji area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Bemidji area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $4.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,057 | 6,106 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.0% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,345 | $1,550 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $68,975 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $788K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 42 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 the Bemidji 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 Bemidji area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,055+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 18,172
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,505 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $68,975+40.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,694
- Median home value
- $237,500
- Jobs located here
- 21,323
- Daytime population
- 47,553Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with the Bemidji area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Faribault-Northfield, MN | 95 | 5 | 2.1 | $6.9M | +4.2% | #1 of 400 |
| 2Fergus Falls, MN | 85 | 7 | 2.8 | $5M | +1.6% | #7 of 400 |
| 3Willmar, MN | 78 | 7 | 4.0 | $3.5M | +2.3% | #23 of 400 |
| 4Brainerd, MN | 64 | 19 | 4.5 | $3.1M | +4.3% | #98 of 400 |
| 5Grand Rapids, MN | 61 | 8 | 4.3 | $3.1M | +0.9% | #120 of 400 |
| 6Alexandria, MN | 52 | 9 | 5.1 | $2.8M | +2.6% | #190 of 400 |
| 7Marshall, MN | 42 | 9 | 8.9 | $1.6M | +1.0% | #272 of 400 |
| 8Hutchinson, MN | 39 | 12 | 7.9 | $1.8M | −0.3% | #302 of 400 |
| 9Fairmont, MN | 35 | 5 | 5.7 | $2.3M | −2.8% | #316 of 400 |
| Bemidji, MN | Not scored | 4 | 2.2 | $6.1M | +1.8% |
Other business types in the Bemidji area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Bemidji, MN area?
The Bemidji area has 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings 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 the Bemidji, MN area spend on medical and dental services?
About $24.4M a year, or $1,345 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 18,172 households in the Bemidji area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bemidji, MN area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Bemidji area has 2.2 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $6.1M, 95% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Bemidji area would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,057 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bemidji, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Bemidji area at 47,055 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,172 households. The median household income in the Bemidji area is $68,975 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.3% 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 Bemidji area has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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