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Optometrists and eye clinics in Lauderdale County, MS
How Lauderdale 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,002 of 1,302 scored counties
#9 of 25 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27M
- On medical and dental services · $940 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,317
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Lauderdale County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #1,002 of 1,302 scored counties and #9 of 25 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Lauderdale County comes to about $27M a year: $940 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $2.5M per practice, 22% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
There are 11 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Lauderdale County as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 7% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Lauderdale County in 2023. That is one for every 9,569 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lauderdale County declined 3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Lauderdale 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 | Lauderdale County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.6M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,569 | 5,756 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.2% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $940 | $992 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $50,817 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 16 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- 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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,317−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 28,707
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 704 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $50,817+19.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,958
- Median home value
- $133,300
- Jobs located here
- 32,099
- Daytime population
- 75,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Lauderdale County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Lauderdale 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 clinics13
- Dentists and orthodontists11
- Primary care and pediatrics18
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors60
- Physical therapy30
- Optometrists and eye care35
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Lauderdale County, MS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 optometrists and eye clinics in Lauderdale County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Lauderdale County, MS spend on medical and dental services?
About $27M a year, or $940 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 28,707 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lauderdale County, MS compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Lauderdale County has 3.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.5M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Lauderdale County would have about 9, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,569 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Lauderdale County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 70,317 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 28,707 households. Median household income in Lauderdale County is $50,817, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.5%, 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. Lauderdale County scores 35 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #1,002 of 1,302 scored counties.
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