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Optometrists and eye clinics in Pike County, MS

How Pike 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 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,151 of 1,302 scored counties
#14 of 25 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13M
On medical and dental services · $868 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,712
−3.7% 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

Pike County scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #1,151 of 1,302 scored counties and #14 of 25 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 optometrists and eye clinics in Pike County. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

At $868 per household (33% below the U.S. average), households in Pike County spend about $13M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $2.6M per practice, 17% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Pike County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 5,002 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Pike County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Pike 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 Pike County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasurePike CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.33.94.1
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,0025,7565,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.0%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.7%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$868$992$1,288
Median household income$43,814$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score2416

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$729K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 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 Pike 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 Pike County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,712−3.7% since 2020
Households
15,007
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
409 sq. mi.
People per square mile
97
Median household income
$43,814+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$60,063
Median home value
$110,800
Jobs located here
15,021
Daytime population
39,086Residents 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 Pike 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
14Pike County, MS2453.3$2.6M−3.7%#1,151 of 1,302

Other business types in Pike County

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

Questions

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

Pike County has 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. 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 Pike County, MS spend on medical and dental services?

About $13M a year, or $868 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 15,007 households in Pike County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pike County has 3.3 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.6M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Pike County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,002 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Pike County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Pike County at 38,712 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,007 households. The median household income in Pike County is $43,814 a year, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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. Pike County scores 24 for optometrists and eye clinics (low), #1,151 of 1,302 scored counties.

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