Health care · Small-town market · Nevada
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA area
The optometrists and eye clinics in the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #101 of 400 scored small-town markets
#2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Nevada
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,394 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 38% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,154
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Gardnerville Ranchos area comes to about $30.3M a year: $1,394 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.3M per practice, 38% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
The Gardnerville Ranchos area has 7 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 22% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Gardnerville Ranchos area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 3,109 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Gardnerville Ranchos area grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Gardnerville Ranchos area scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #101 of 400 scored small-town markets and #2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Nevada.
How the Gardnerville Ranchos area compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Gardnerville Ranchos area | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,109 | 3,930 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.5% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,394 | $1,287 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $91,077 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Gardnerville Ranchos 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 Gardnerville Ranchos area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,154+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 21,760
- Median age
- 53.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,449 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $91,077
- Average household income
- $136,528
- Median home value
- $614,900
- Jobs located here
- 19,756
- Daytime population
- 50,164Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pahrump, NV | 68 | 5 | 2.3 | $5.1M | +10.3% | #66 of 400 |
| 2Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 63 | 7 | 3.2 | $4.3M | +0.9% | #101 of 400 |
| 3Elko, NV | 61 | 9 | 4.4 | $2.9M | +2.1% | #122 of 400 |
| 4Fallon, NV | 47 | 5 | 5.3 | $2.4M | +1.1% | #235 of 400 |
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Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 optometrists and eye clinics in the Gardnerville Ranchos area. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $30.3M a year, or $1,394 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 21,760 households in the Gardnerville Ranchos area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Gardnerville Ranchos area has 3.2 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $4.3M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Gardnerville Ranchos area would have about 10, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,109 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Gardnerville Ranchos area at 51,154 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,760 households. Median household income in the Gardnerville Ranchos area is $91,077, 13% above 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. 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 Gardnerville Ranchos area scores 63 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #101 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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