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Optometrists and eye clinics in Crow Wing County, MN

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #708 of 1,302 scored counties
#21 of 29 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
15
3 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$40.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,392 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
69,132
+4.3% 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 15 optometrists and eye clinics in Crow Wing County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 20%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

At $1,392 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in Crow Wing County spend about $40.9M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 13% below 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Crow Wing County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 3,675 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Crow Wing County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, Crow Wing County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #708 of 1,302 scored counties and #21 of 29 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Crow Wing County 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.

Optometrists and eye care in Crow Wing County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureCrow Wing CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.13.84.1
Spending per listing$2.7M$4.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,6756,1065,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.0%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.3%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,392$1,550$1,288
Median household income$72,589$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score4977

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 8
Employees, 2023
58
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
153 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing County

Population, 2025 estimate
69,132+4.3% since 2020
Households
29,402
Median age
46.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
999 sq. mi.
People per square mile
68
Median household income
$72,589+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,168
Median home value
$306,800
Jobs located here
29,423
Daytime population
66,579Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Minnesota

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

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chisago County, MN9052.3$6.8M+4.3%#5 of 1,302
2Rice County, MN8952.1$6.9M+4.2%#7 of 1,302
3Anoka County, MN86372.7$6M+4.7%#13 of 1,302
4Washington County, MN84484.5$3.9M+6.9%#25 of 1,302
5Dakota County, MN83573.3$5.1M+3.9%#31 of 1,302
6Olmsted County, MN81203.0$5.4M+2.3%#43 of 1,302
7Sherburne County, MN80113.1$5.3M+6.8%#53 of 1,302
8Otter Tail County, MN7872.8$5M+1.6%#78 of 1,302
9Blue Earth County, MN7793.3$4.2M+2.1%#100 of 1,302
10Le Sueur County, MN7454.3$3.6M+2.9%#144 of 1,302
21Crow Wing County, MN49155.1$2.7M+4.3%#708 of 1,302

Other business types in Crow Wing County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Crow Wing County, MN?

Crow Wing County has 15 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.

How much do households in Crow Wing County, MN spend on medical and dental services?

About $40.9M a year, or $1,392 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 29,402 households in Crow Wing County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crow Wing County, MN compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

Crow Wing County has 5.1 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.7M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Crow Wing County would have about 13, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,675 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Crow Wing County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Crow Wing County at 69,132 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,402 households. The median household income in Crow Wing County is $72,589 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. Crow Wing County scores 49 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #708 of 1,302 scored counties.

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