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Optometrists and eye clinics in Lawrence County, MS

How Lawrence 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4M
On medical and dental services · $901 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
11,819
−1.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Lawrence County spend about $4M a year on medical and dental services, or $901 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

Lawrence County has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Lawrence County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lawrence County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Lawrence County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lawrence 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.

Optometrists and eye care in Lawrence County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureLawrence CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.53.94.1
Spending per listing$2M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,7565,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.0%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$901$992$1,288
Median household income$43,531$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored16

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
1The 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,819−1.4% since 2020
Households
4,407
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
431 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$43,531+3.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,470
Median home value
$100,000
Jobs located here
2,544
Daytime population
9,807Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Lawrence County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jackson County, MS75111.9$5.5M+3.0%#117 of 1,302
2Rankin County, MS62203.3$3.4M+3.2%#369 of 1,302
3DeSoto County, MS53324.5$2.6M+6.3%#621 of 1,302
4Harrison County, MS51334.0$2.5M+4.0%#661 of 1,302
5Pearl River County, MS4794.1$2.4M+5.6%#755 of 1,302
6Jones County, MS4193.6$2.7M−1.0%#893 of 1,302
7Madison County, MS40276.1$2M+6.5%#922 of 1,302
8Forrest County, MS38103.3$2.9M+1.1%#939 of 1,302
9Lauderdale County, MS35113.8$2.5M−3.2%#1,002 of 1,302
10Oktibbeha County, MS3383.7$2.6M+0.4%#1,035 of 1,302
Lawrence County, MSNot scored24.5$2M−1.4%

Other business types in Lawrence County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Lawrence County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 optometrists and eye clinics in Lawrence County. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Lawrence County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Lawrence County, MS spend on medical and dental services?

About $4M a year, or $901 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 4,407 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lawrence County, MS compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

Lawrence County has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Lawrence County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Lawrence County at 11,819 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,407 households. Median household income in Lawrence County is $43,531, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 3.9%, 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. Lawrence County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for optometrists and eye clinics · All 56 business types in Lawrence County

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