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Optometrists and eye clinics in St. Louis County, MN
How St. Louis 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #562 of 1,302 scored counties
#19 of 29 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 41
- 11 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $119.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,373 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 200,518
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in St. Louis County spend about $119.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,373 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
St. Louis County has 41 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 27%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in St. Louis County in 2023. That is one for every 6,223 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in St. Louis County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Louis County grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in St. Louis County is 55 (upper middle), #562 of 1,302 scored counties and #19 of 29 scored counties in Minnesota.
How St. Louis 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 | St. Louis County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $4.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,223 | 6,106 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.0% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,373 | $1,550 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $70,069 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 67
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4111 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in St. Louis 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 St. Louis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 200,518+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 87,115
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 6,248 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $70,069+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,368
- Median home value
- $221,400
- Jobs located here
- 98,963
- Daytime population
- 212,532Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with St. Louis County marked.
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 |
| 19St. Louis County, MN | 55 | 41 | 4.7 | $2.9M | +0.2% | #562 of 1,302 |
Other business types in St. Louis 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics47
- Dentists and orthodontists56
- Primary care and pediatrics73
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors55
- Physical therapy59
- Optometrists and eye care55
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in St. Louis County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 optometrists and eye clinics in St. Louis County. 11 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in St. Louis County, MN spend on medical and dental services?
About $119.6M a year, or $1,373 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 87,115 households in St. Louis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Louis County, MN compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
St. Louis County has 4.7 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.9M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, St. Louis County would have about 38, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,223 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Louis County, MN growing?
Population estimates put St. Louis County at 200,518 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,115 households. Median household income in St. Louis County is $70,069, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. St. Louis County scores 55 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #562 of 1,302 scored counties.
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