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Optometrists and eye clinics in Salem County, NJ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in Salem County, NJ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $29.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,194 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.4M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,280
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 optometrists and eye clinics in Salem County. That comes to 1.6 for every 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Salem County comes to about $29.7M a year: $1,194 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $7.4M per practice, 2.4 times 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Salem County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Salem County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Salem County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Salem County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Salem County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $7.4M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,685 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.9% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,194 | $1,385 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $79,960 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
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
- 40 chain locations
- 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 Salem 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 Salem County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,280+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 24,846
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 332 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 197
- Median household income
- $79,960+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,600
- Median home value
- $239,500
- Jobs located here
- 21,251
- Daytime population
- 51,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hudson County, NJ | 74 | 78 | 2.6 | $5.1M | +1.8% | #130 of 1,302 |
| 2Essex County, NJ | 74 | 113 | 3.5 | $3.6M | +4.2% | #143 of 1,302 |
| 3Atlantic County, NJ | 71 | 30 | 2.7 | $4.4M | +1.6% | #181 of 1,302 |
| 4Hunterdon County, NJ | 70 | 17 | 3.3 | $4.8M | +2.3% | #197 of 1,302 |
| 5Sussex County, NJ | 67 | 22 | 3.8 | $3.8M | +2.9% | #258 of 1,302 |
| 6Ocean County, NJ | 65 | 114 | 4.7 | $2.7M | +5.6% | #311 of 1,302 |
| 7Warren County, NJ | 64 | 15 | 3.3 | $3.9M | +3.2% | #318 of 1,302 |
| 8Cape May County, NJ | 64 | 16 | 3.6 | $3.6M | −1.7% | #320 of 1,302 |
| 9Gloucester County, NJ | 64 | 44 | 3.9 | $3.5M | +3.3% | #323 of 1,302 |
| 10Camden County, NJ | 63 | 75 | 3.7 | $3.4M | +2.4% | #347 of 1,302 |
| Salem County, NJ | Not scored | 4 | 1.6 | $7.4M | +2.3% |
Other business types in Salem County
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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Salem County, NJ?
There are 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Salem County as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Salem County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Salem County, NJ spend on medical and dental services?
About $29.7M a year, or $1,194 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $7.4M 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 24,846 households in Salem County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salem County, NJ compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Salem County has 1.6 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $7.4M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Salem County would have about 10, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Salem County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Salem County at 66,280 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,846 households. The median household income in Salem County is $79,960 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.6% 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. Salem County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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