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Optometrists and eye clinics in Alcorn County, MS
The optometrists and eye clinics in Alcorn County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 11 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,268 of 1,302 scored counties
#20 of 25 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.4M
- On medical and dental services · $929 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 51% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,569
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
For optometrists and eye clinics, Alcorn County has a Groundwork market score of 11 (low): #1,268 of 1,302 scored counties and #20 of 25 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 optometrists and eye clinics in Alcorn County. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
At $929 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Alcorn County spend about $13.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 52% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Alcorn County classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 3,614 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Population estimates show Alcorn County declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Alcorn County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Alcorn County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.6M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,614 | 5,756 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $929 | $992 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $51,260 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 11 | 16 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Alcorn 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 Alcorn County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,569−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 14,456
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 400 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 86
- Median household income
- $51,260+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,932
- Median home value
- $142,100
- Jobs located here
- 13,226
- Daytime population
- 34,082Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jackson County, MS | 75 | 11 | 1.9 | $5.5M | +3.0% | #117 of 1,302 |
| 2Rankin County, MS | 62 | 20 | 3.3 | $3.4M | +3.2% | #369 of 1,302 |
| 3DeSoto County, MS | 53 | 32 | 4.5 | $2.6M | +6.3% | #621 of 1,302 |
| 4Harrison County, MS | 51 | 33 | 4.0 | $2.5M | +4.0% | #661 of 1,302 |
| 5Pearl River County, MS | 47 | 9 | 4.1 | $2.4M | +5.6% | #755 of 1,302 |
| 6Jones County, MS | 41 | 9 | 3.6 | $2.7M | −1.0% | #893 of 1,302 |
| 7Madison County, MS | 40 | 27 | 6.1 | $2M | +6.5% | #922 of 1,302 |
| 8Forrest County, MS | 38 | 10 | 3.3 | $2.9M | +1.1% | #939 of 1,302 |
| 9Lauderdale County, MS | 35 | 11 | 3.8 | $2.5M | −3.2% | #1,002 of 1,302 |
| 10Oktibbeha County, MS | 33 | 8 | 3.7 | $2.6M | +0.4% | #1,035 of 1,302 |
| 20Alcorn County, MS | 11 | 9 | 6.2 | $1.5M | −0.5% | #1,268 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Alcorn 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 clinics12
- Dentists and orthodontists17
- Primary care and pediatrics17
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors48
- Physical therapy19
- Optometrists and eye care11
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Alcorn County, MS?
There are 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Alcorn County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Alcorn County, MS spend on medical and dental services?
About $13.4M a year, or $929 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 14,456 households in Alcorn County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alcorn County, MS compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Alcorn County has 6.2 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.5M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Alcorn County would have about 4, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,614 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Alcorn County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Alcorn County at 34,569 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,456 households. The median household income in Alcorn County is $51,260 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.8% 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. Alcorn County scores 11 for optometrists and eye clinics (low), #1,268 of 1,302 scored counties.
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