Health care · Small-town market · New Hampshire
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area
How the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT 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 · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #78 of 400 scored small-town markets
#4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 31
- 2 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $112.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,228 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 224,500
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,228 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the Lebanon-Claremont area spend about $112.7M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 31 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $3.6M per practice, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
The Lebanon-Claremont area has 31 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 17% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in the Lebanon-Claremont area classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 5,398 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lebanon-Claremont area grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in the Lebanon-Claremont area is 66 (upper middle), #78 of 400 scored small-town markets and #4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Lebanon-Claremont area compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Lebanon-Claremont area | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,398 | 6,778 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.9% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,228 | $1,333 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $83,269 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 133
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 312 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 Lebanon-Claremont 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 Lebanon-Claremont area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 224,500+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 91,760
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,903 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $83,269
- Average household income
- $114,219
- Median home value
- $301,900
- Jobs located here
- 102,545
- Daytime population
- 223,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Concord, NH | 83 | 15 | 2.5 | $5.3M | +2.6% | #10 of 400 |
| 2Laconia, NH | 80 | 8 | 3.0 | $4.2M | +2.1% | #18 of 400 |
| 3Keene, NH | 78 | 8 | 2.6 | $4.6M | +2.3% | #22 of 400 |
| 4Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 66 | 31 | 3.4 | $3.6M | +1.5% | #78 of 400 |
Other business types in the Lebanon-Claremont area
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 clinics61
- Dentists and orthodontists51
- Primary care and pediatrics75
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors64
- Physical therapy61
- Optometrists and eye care66
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 optometrists and eye clinics in the Lebanon-Claremont area. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area spend on medical and dental services?
About $112.7M a year, or $1,228 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 91,760 households in the Lebanon-Claremont area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Lebanon-Claremont area has 3.4 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.6M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Lebanon-Claremont area would have about 36, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,398 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT area growing?
Population estimates put the Lebanon-Claremont area at 224,500 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 91,760 households. Median household income in the Lebanon-Claremont area is $83,269, 3% 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 Lebanon-Claremont area scores 66 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #78 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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