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Optometrists and eye clinics in Silver Bow County, MT
The optometrists and eye clinics in Silver Bow County, MT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #581 of 1,302 scored counties
#5 of 8 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $17M
- On medical and dental services · $1,104 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,118
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 optometrists and eye clinics in Silver Bow County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Silver Bow County comes to about $17M a year: $1,104 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 9% above 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Silver Bow County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Silver Bow County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, Silver Bow County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #581 of 1,302 scored counties and #5 of 8 scored counties in Montana.
How Silver Bow 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 | Silver Bow County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $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 | +2.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,104 | $1,237 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $61,754 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 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
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Silver Bow 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 Silver Bow County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,118+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,419
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 718 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $61,754+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,950
- Median home value
- $255,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,312
- Daytime population
- 35,343Residents 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 |
Other business types in Silver Bow 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics22
- Dentists and orthodontists24
- Primary care and pediatrics27
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors25
- Physical therapy22
- Optometrists and eye care54
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Silver Bow County, MT?
Silver Bow County has 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Silver Bow County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Silver Bow County, MT spend on medical and dental services?
About $17M a year, or $1,104 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 15,419 households in Silver Bow County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Silver Bow County, MT compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Silver Bow County has 3.2 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.4M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending.
How fast is Silver Bow County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Silver Bow County at 36,118 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,419 households. The median household income in Silver Bow County is $61,754 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% 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. Silver Bow County scores 54 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #581 of 1,302 scored counties.
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