Health care · Small-town market · Minnesota
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Fergus Falls, MN area
How the Fergus Falls, 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 · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #7 of 400 scored small-town markets
#2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,377 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 58% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,041
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in the Fergus Falls area is 85 (high), #7 of 400 scored small-town markets and #2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for optometrists and eye clinics.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 optometrists and eye clinics in the Fergus Falls area. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. 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 the Fergus Falls area comes to about $34.7M a year: $1,377 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 7 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $5M per practice, 58% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Fergus Falls area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 8,386 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $498K has gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Fergus Falls area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fergus Falls area grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Fergus Falls 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 | Fergus Falls area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $4.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,386 | 6,106 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.0% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,377 | $1,550 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $72,255 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 72 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $498K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Fergus Falls 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 Fergus Falls area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,041+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 25,157
- Median age
- 45.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,972 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $72,255+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,523
- Median home value
- $273,000
- Jobs located here
- 23,068
- Daytime population
- 55,886Residents 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 Fergus Falls 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 |
Other business types in the Fergus Falls 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 Fergus Falls, MN area?
There are 7 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Fergus Falls area as of September 2026. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. 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 Fergus Falls, MN area spend on medical and dental services?
About $34.7M a year, or $1,377 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $5M 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 25,157 households in the Fergus Falls area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fergus Falls, MN area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Fergus Falls area has 2.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $5M, 58% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Fergus Falls area would have about 11, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,386 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fergus Falls, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Fergus Falls area at 61,041 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,157 households. The median household income in the Fergus Falls area is $72,255 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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 Fergus Falls area scores 85 for optometrists and eye clinics (high), #7 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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