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Optometrists and eye clinics in Sarpy County, NE

How Sarpy County, NE compares with other counties and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #60 of 1,302 scored counties
#1 of 11 scored counties in Nebraska

Listings
22
5 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$121M
On medical and dental services · $1,633 a household
Spending per listing
$5.5M
76% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
27% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
208,303
+9.0% 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

For optometrists and eye clinics, Sarpy County has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #60 of 1,302 scored counties and #1 of 11 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for optometrists and eye clinics.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 optometrists and eye clinics in Sarpy County. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 27% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Households in Sarpy County spend about $121M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,633 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 76% 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.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Sarpy County in 2023. That is one for every 4,631 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.4M has gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Sarpy County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sarpy County grew 9.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Sarpy County 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 Sarpy County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureSarpy CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.04.04.1
Spending per listing$5.5M$3.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,6313,9895,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.1%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.0%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,633$1,432$1,288
Median household income$103,321$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score7957

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 16
Employees, 2023
92
Annual payroll, 2023
$4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
225 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Sarpy 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 Sarpy County

Population, 2025 estimate
208,303+9.0% since 2020
Households
74,097
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
238 sq. mi.
People per square mile
829
Median household income
$103,321+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$124,709
Median home value
$314,100
Jobs located here
78,732
Daytime population
175,418Residents 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 counties in Nebraska for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Sarpy County marked.

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sarpy County, NE79223.0$5.5M+9.0%#60 of 1,302
2Platte County, NE7253.7$3.7M+3.9%#168 of 1,302
3Douglas County, NE641044.4$3.4M+3.6%#326 of 1,302
4Buffalo County, NE6363.0$4.7M+1.9%#338 of 1,302
5Lancaster County, NE54624.6$3.1M+3.4%#589 of 1,302
6Scotts Bluff County, NE4853.3$3.9M−1.3%#721 of 1,302
7Madison County, NE4764.1$3.2M+1.6%#740 of 1,302
8Hall County, NE42145.7$2.4M+1.4%#875 of 1,302
9Dawson County, NE3755.5$2.5M+1.5%#966 of 1,302
10Lincoln County, NE3374.7$2.8M−3.6%#1,034 of 1,302

Other business types in Sarpy County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Sarpy County, NE?

There are 22 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Sarpy County as of September 2026. 5 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.

How much do households in Sarpy County, NE spend on medical and dental services?

About $121M a year, or $1,633 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 74,097 households in Sarpy County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sarpy County has 3.0 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $5.5M, 76% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Sarpy County would have about 39, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,631 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Sarpy County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Sarpy County at 208,303 people in 2025, up 9.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,097 households. The median household income in Sarpy County is $103,321 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Sarpy County scores 79 for optometrists and eye clinics (high), #60 of 1,302 scored counties.

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