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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Beatrice, NE area

How the Beatrice, NE area compares with other small-town markets 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 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$12.3M
On medical and dental services · $1,319 a household
Spending per listing
$6.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
21,711
+0.2% 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

At $1,319 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in the Beatrice area spend about $12.3M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $6.1M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

The Beatrice area has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in the Beatrice area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show the Beatrice area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, the Beatrice area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Beatrice area compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 Beatrice, NE area compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureBeatrice areaNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.14.04.1
Spending per listing$6.1M$3.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,9895,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.1%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,319$1,432$1,288
Median household income$67,247$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored57

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
21 chain location
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 the Beatrice area, 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 the Beatrice area

Population, 2025 estimate
21,711+0.2% since 2020
Households
9,327
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
852 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$67,247+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,338
Median home value
$174,000
Jobs located here
8,371
Daytime population
18,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Nebraska

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Nebraska for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with the Beatrice area marked.

Top small-town markets in Nebraska

Small-town markets in Nebraska ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, NE8363.5$4M+3.8%#11 of 400
2Kearney, NE7662.6$5.3M+1.9%#26 of 400
3Scottsbluff, NE5653.3$4M−1.2%#150 of 400
4Norfolk, NE5194.6$2.9M+1.1%#199 of 400
5Lexington, NE4955.0$2.7M+1.1%#217 of 400
6North Platte, NE4274.6$2.8M−3.6%#266 of 400
7Hastings, NE41116.4$2.1M−0.2%#277 of 400
Beatrice, NENot scored22.1$6.1M+0.2%

Other business types in the Beatrice area

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Beatrice, NE area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 optometrists and eye clinics in the Beatrice area. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in the Beatrice area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Beatrice, NE area spend on medical and dental services?

About $12.3M a year, or $1,319 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 9,327 households in the Beatrice area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Beatrice, NE area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

The Beatrice area has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Beatrice area would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is the Beatrice, NE area growing?

Population estimates put the Beatrice area at 21,711 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,327 households. Median household income in the Beatrice area is $67,247, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Beatrice area has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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How the score works · Top markets for optometrists and eye clinics · All 56 business types in the Beatrice area

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