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Optometrists and eye clinics in Wheeler County, NE
How Wheeler 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
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $482K
- On medical and dental services · $1,343 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 789
- +2.1% since 2020
See the optometrists and eye clinics around any address in Wheeler County
The site report maps the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Wheeler County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Wheeler County comes to about $482K a year: $1,343 per household, 4% above 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 Wheeler County.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Wheeler County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wheeler County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Wheeler 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.
| Measure | Wheeler County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $3.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,989 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,343 | $1,432 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $70,250 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 57 |
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
- 0The 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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 789+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 359
- Median age
- 54.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.7
- Land area
- 575 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $70,250
- Average household income
- $98,758
- Median home value
- $146,500
- Jobs located here
- 289
- Daytime population
- 752Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Wheeler County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Wheeler County marked.
Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 79 | 22 | 3.0 | $5.5M | +9.0% | #60 of 1,302 |
| 2Platte County, NE | 72 | 5 | 3.7 | $3.7M | +3.9% | #168 of 1,302 |
| 3Douglas County, NE | 64 | 104 | 4.4 | $3.4M | +3.6% | #326 of 1,302 |
| 4Buffalo County, NE | 63 | 6 | 3.0 | $4.7M | +1.9% | #338 of 1,302 |
| 5Lancaster County, NE | 54 | 62 | 4.6 | $3.1M | +3.4% | #589 of 1,302 |
| 6Scotts Bluff County, NE | 48 | 5 | 3.3 | $3.9M | −1.3% | #721 of 1,302 |
| 7Madison County, NE | 47 | 6 | 4.1 | $3.2M | +1.6% | #740 of 1,302 |
| 8Hall County, NE | 42 | 14 | 5.7 | $2.4M | +1.4% | #875 of 1,302 |
| 9Dawson County, NE | 37 | 5 | 5.5 | $2.5M | +1.5% | #966 of 1,302 |
| 10Lincoln County, NE | 33 | 7 | 4.7 | $2.8M | −3.6% | #1,034 of 1,302 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.1% |
Other business types in Wheeler County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Wheeler County, NE?
There are no optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Wheeler County as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Wheeler County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wheeler County, NE spend on medical and dental services?
About $482K a year, or $1,343 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, 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 359 households in Wheeler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wheeler County, NE compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Wheeler County has no optometrists and eye clinics on map listings.
How fast is Wheeler County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Wheeler County at 789 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 359 households. Median household income in Wheeler County is $70,250, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Wheeler 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.
How the score works · Top markets for optometrists and eye clinics · All 56 business types in Wheeler County
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