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Optometrists and eye clinics in Rice County, MN
How Rice 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 89 out of 100: High
Ranked #7 of 1,302 scored counties
#2 of 29 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $34.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,473 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.9M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,939
- +4.2% since 2020
See the optometrists and eye clinics around any address in Rice County
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in Rice County is 89 (high), #7 of 1,302 scored counties and #2 of 29 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for optometrists and eye clinics.
Households in Rice County spend about $34.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,473 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $6.9M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
There are 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Rice County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Rice County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Rice County grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Rice 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.
| Measure | Rice County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $6.9M | $4.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,106 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.0% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,473 | $1,550 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $83,181 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 89 | 77 |
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
- 51 chain location
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Rice 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 Rice County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,939+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,493
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 496 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 137
- Median household income
- $83,181+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,276
- Median home value
- $320,200
- Jobs located here
- 25,685
- Daytime population
- 60,549Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Rice County?
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chisago County, MN | 90 | 5 | 2.3 | $6.8M | +4.3% | #5 of 1,302 |
| 2Rice County, MN | 89 | 5 | 2.1 | $6.9M | +4.2% | #7 of 1,302 |
| 3Anoka County, MN | 86 | 37 | 2.7 | $6M | +4.7% | #13 of 1,302 |
| 4Washington County, MN | 84 | 48 | 4.5 | $3.9M | +6.9% | #25 of 1,302 |
| 5Dakota County, MN | 83 | 57 | 3.3 | $5.1M | +3.9% | #31 of 1,302 |
| 6Olmsted County, MN | 81 | 20 | 3.0 | $5.4M | +2.3% | #43 of 1,302 |
| 7Sherburne County, MN | 80 | 11 | 3.1 | $5.3M | +6.8% | #53 of 1,302 |
| 8Otter Tail County, MN | 78 | 7 | 2.8 | $5M | +1.6% | #78 of 1,302 |
| 9Blue Earth County, MN | 77 | 9 | 3.3 | $4.2M | +2.1% | #100 of 1,302 |
| 10Le Sueur County, MN | 74 | 5 | 4.3 | $3.6M | +2.9% | #144 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Rice County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Rice County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 optometrists and eye clinics in Rice County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Rice County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Rice County, MN spend on medical and dental services?
About $34.6M a year, or $1,473 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $6.9M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,493 households in Rice County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rice County, MN compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Rice County has 2.1 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $6.9M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Rice County would have about 11, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Rice County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Rice County at 69,939 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,493 households. Median household income in Rice County is $83,181, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Rice County scores 89 for optometrists and eye clinics (high), #7 of 1,302 scored counties.
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