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Optometrists and eye clinics in Custer County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in Custer County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,184 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 12,034
- +1.5% since 2020
See the optometrists and eye clinics around any address in Custer County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 optometrist or eye clinic in Custer County. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households.
At $1,184 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Custer County spend about $6M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $6M of household spending for each practice on map listings. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Custer County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Custer County grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, Custer County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Custer County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Custer County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $6M | $3.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,881 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,184 | $1,237 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $70,605 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Custer 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 Custer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,034+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 5,038
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 3,783 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $70,605+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,295
- Median home value
- $219,100
- Jobs located here
- 5,790
- Daytime population
- 11,387Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lewis and Clark County, MT | 76 | 8 | 2.6 | $5M | +5.8% | #110 of 1,302 |
| 2Flathead County, MT | 62 | 19 | 4.3 | $2.9M | +10.1% | #380 of 1,302 |
| 3Missoula County, MT | 58 | 19 | 3.6 | $3.5M | +4.4% | #464 of 1,302 |
| 4Ravalli County, MT | 57 | 7 | 3.8 | $3.2M | +9.4% | #489 of 1,302 |
| 5Silver Bow County, MT | 54 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.4M | +2.6% | #581 of 1,302 |
| 6Gallatin County, MT | 51 | 29 | 5.7 | $2.5M | +7.7% | #662 of 1,302 |
| 7Yellowstone County, MT | 44 | 35 | 5.0 | $2.5M | +4.5% | #823 of 1,302 |
| 8Cascade County, MT | 41 | 16 | 4.5 | $2.6M | +0.7% | #895 of 1,302 |
| Custer County, MT | Not scored | 1 | 2.0 | $6M | +1.5% |
Other business types in Custer 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 Custer County, MT?
Custer County has 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Custer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Custer County, MT spend on medical and dental services?
About $6M a year, or $1,184 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, it comes to $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 5,038 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Custer County, MT compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Custer County has 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Custer County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Custer County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Custer County at 12,034 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,038 households. The median household income in Custer County is $70,605 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.3% 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. Custer County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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