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Optometrists and eye clinics in Stevens County, MN
How Stevens 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
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,420 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 9,747
- +0.8% since 2020
See the optometrists and eye clinics around any address in Stevens County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 optometrists and eye clinics in Stevens County. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Stevens County comes to about $5.5M a year: $1,420 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Stevens County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stevens County grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Stevens 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 | Stevens County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $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 | +0.8% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,420 | $1,550 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $75,733 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Stevens 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 Stevens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,747+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 3,889
- Median age
- 34.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 564 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $75,733
- Average household income
- $106,207
- Median home value
- $202,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,805
- Daytime population
- 10,788Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Stevens County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Stevens County, MN | Not scored | 2 | 5.1 | $2.8M | +0.8% |
Other business types in Stevens County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Stevens County, MN?
Stevens County has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Stevens County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Stevens County, MN spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.5M a year, or $1,420 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 3,889 households in Stevens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stevens County, MN compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Stevens County has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending.
How fast is Stevens County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Stevens County at 9,747 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,889 households. The median household income in Stevens County is $75,733 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Stevens County. It maps the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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