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Optometrists and eye clinics in Sanders County, MT
How Sanders County, MT 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 none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.9M
- On medical and dental services · $1,083 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 14,062
- +12.9% since 2020
See the optometrists and eye clinics around any address in Sanders County
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What this means
Households in Sanders County spend about $5.9M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,083 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no optometrists and eye clinics in Sanders County. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Sanders County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Sanders County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Sanders County from 2020 to 2025 at +12.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Sanders County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Sanders 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 | Sanders County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $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 | +12.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,083 | $1,237 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $57,476 | $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
- 0
- 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 Sanders 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 Sanders County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,062+12.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,451
- Median age
- 54.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 2,760 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $57,476+40.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,317
- Median home value
- $359,000
- Jobs located here
- 3,261
- Daytime population
- 12,845Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Sanders County?
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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 |
| Sanders County, MT | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +12.9% |
Other business types in Sanders 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 Sanders County, MT?
There are no optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Sanders County as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Sanders County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Sanders County, MT spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.9M a year, or $1,083 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 5,451 households in Sanders County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sanders County, MT compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Sanders County has no optometrists and eye clinics on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Sanders County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
How fast is Sanders County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Sanders County at 14,062 people in 2025, up 12.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,451 households. Median household income in Sanders County is $57,476, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.8%, 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. Sanders County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Sanders County. It maps the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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