Health care · County · Mississippi
Optometrists and eye clinics in Lamar County, MS
How Lamar County, MS 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,116 of 1,302 scored counties
#11 of 25 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 22
- 2 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $27.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,089 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 60% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,403
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Lamar County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #1,116 of 1,302 scored counties and #11 of 25 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Lamar County spend about $27.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,089 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per practice, 60% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
Lamar County has 22 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.7, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Lamar County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Lamar County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lamar 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 | Lamar County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.6M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,756 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,089 | $992 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $70,909 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 16 |
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
- 222 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Lamar 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 Lamar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,403+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 25,381
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 132
- Median household income
- $70,909+17.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,987
- Median home value
- $224,700
- Jobs located here
- 22,631
- Daytime population
- 63,441Residents 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 |
| 11Lamar County, MS | 28 | 22 | 8.7 | $1.3M | +4.7% | #1,116 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Lamar 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 clinics26
- Dentists and orthodontists25
- Primary care and pediatrics26
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors50
- Physical therapy31
- Optometrists and eye care28
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Lamar County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 optometrists and eye clinics in Lamar County. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Lamar County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lamar County, MS spend on medical and dental services?
About $27.6M a year, or $1,089 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 25,381 households in Lamar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lamar County, MS compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Lamar County has 8.7 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.3M, 60% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Lamar County would have about 9, against 22 on map listings.
How fast is Lamar County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Lamar County at 67,403 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,381 households. Median household income in Lamar County is $70,909, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.5%, 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. Lamar County scores 28 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #1,116 of 1,302 scored counties.
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