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Optometrists and eye clinics in Doña Ana County, NM

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in Doña Ana County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #165 of 1,302 scored counties
#3 of 14 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
23
9 chain locations (39%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$93.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,100 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.7
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
229,091
+4.1% 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

At $1,100 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Doña Ana County spend about $93.4M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 23 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $4.1M per practice, 30% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

Doña Ana County has 23 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 39%, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 2.7 for every 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Doña Ana County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 10,611 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Doña Ana County grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in Doña Ana County is 72 (upper middle), #165 of 1,302 scored counties and #3 of 14 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Doña Ana County compares

The same measures for New Mexico 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 Doña Ana County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureDoña Ana CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.72.64.1
Spending per listing$4.1M$4.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment10,6119,6255,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−16.3%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,100$1,178$1,288
Median household income$56,848$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score7268

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 8
Employees, 2023
64
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
239 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The 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 Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana County

Population, 2025 estimate
229,091+4.1% since 2020
Households
84,889
Median age
36.1
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,808 sq. mi.
People per square mile
59
Median household income
$56,848+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,951
Median home value
$220,800
Jobs located here
79,505
Daytime population
218,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Doña Ana County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM9071.2$10.7M+6.9%#4 of 1,302
2Santa Fe County, NM78142.0$6.6M+1.2%#72 of 1,302
3Doña Ana County, NM72232.7$4.1M+4.1%#165 of 1,302
4Otero County, NM6762.5$4.5M+3.7%#254 of 1,302
5Lea County, NM6552.0$6M+0.2%#291 of 1,302
6Eddy County, NM6373.0$4.3M+0.3%#339 of 1,302
7Bernalillo County, NM59923.2$3.8M−1.4%#435 of 1,302
8San Juan County, NM54143.4$3.3M−0.9%#584 of 1,302
9Chaves County, NM4762.5$4.2M−2.7%#736 of 1,302
10Curry County, NM4752.7$4.1M−3.5%#737 of 1,302

Other business types in Doña Ana County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Doña Ana County, NM?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 optometrists and eye clinics in Doña Ana County. 9 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.

How much do households in Doña Ana County, NM spend on medical and dental services?

About $93.4M a year, or $1,100 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 84,889 households in Doña Ana County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Doña Ana County, NM compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

Doña Ana County has 2.7 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $4.1M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Doña Ana County would have about 30, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,611 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Doña Ana County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Doña Ana County at 229,091 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,889 households. Median household income in Doña Ana County is $56,848, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.8%, 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. Doña Ana County scores 72 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #165 of 1,302 scored counties.

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