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Optometrists and eye clinics in Lincoln County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in Lincoln County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $33.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,466 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.4M
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,676
- +11.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Lincoln County comes to about $33.5M a year: $1,466 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That works out to $8.4M per practice, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
Lincoln County has 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Lincoln County in 2023. That is one for every 7,606 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Lincoln County grew 11.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Lincoln County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lincoln County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Lincoln County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $8.4M | $3.8M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,606 | 5,874 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.3% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,466 | $1,389 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $89,278 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,676+11.4% since 2020
- Households
- 22,817
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 627 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $89,278+39.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,506
- Median home value
- $244,300
- Jobs located here
- 12,499
- Daytime population
- 43,211Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Christian County, MO | 89 | 7 | 2.0 | $7.3M | +8.3% | #6 of 1,302 |
| 2Platte County, MO | 85 | 16 | 3.6 | $4.4M | +6.7% | #16 of 1,302 |
| 3Cass County, MO | 84 | 12 | 2.8 | $5.4M | +7.1% | #18 of 1,302 |
| 4Warren County, MO | 84 | 5 | 3.6 | $4M | +9.2% | #24 of 1,302 |
| 5Newton County, MO | 83 | 5 | 2.3 | $5.9M | +6.1% | #28 of 1,302 |
| 6Clay County, MO | 81 | 37 | 3.6 | $4.2M | +4.3% | #47 of 1,302 |
| 7Greene County, MO | 79 | 36 | 2.7 | $4.7M | +3.3% | #65 of 1,302 |
| 8Jefferson County, MO | 76 | 29 | 3.3 | $4.4M | +2.7% | #113 of 1,302 |
| 9Jackson County, MO | 74 | 104 | 3.4 | $4M | +2.1% | #139 of 1,302 |
| 10Cole County, MO | 71 | 10 | 3.2 | $4.4M | +1.7% | #182 of 1,302 |
| Lincoln County, MO | Not scored | 4 | 1.8 | $8.4M | +11.4% |
Other business types in Lincoln 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Lincoln County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 optometrists and eye clinics in Lincoln County. 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 Lincoln County, MO spend on medical and dental services?
About $33.5M a year, or $1,466 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $8.4M 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 22,817 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lincoln County, MO compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Lincoln County has 1.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $8.4M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Lincoln County would have about 11, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,606 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Lincoln County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Lincoln County at 66,676 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,817 households. Median household income in Lincoln County is $89,278, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.1%, 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. Lincoln County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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