Health care · Small-town market · New York
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Batavia, NY area
How the Batavia, NY 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #189 of 400 scored small-town markets
#9 of 10 scored small-town markets based in New York
- Listings
- 9
- 2 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $28M
- On medical and dental services · $1,125 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,416
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Batavia area spend about $28M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,125 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $3.1M per practice, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
The Batavia area has 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 12% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in the Batavia area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in the Batavia area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, the Batavia area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #189 of 400 scored small-town markets and #9 of 10 scored small-town markets based in New York.
How the Batavia area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Batavia area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,188 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,125 | $1,278 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $73,314 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 48 |
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
- 92 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Batavia 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 Batavia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,416+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,873
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 493 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 117
- Median household income
- $73,314+21.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,146
- Median home value
- $170,500
- Jobs located here
- 23,039
- Daytime population
- 52,508Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oneonta, NY | 80 | 5 | 2.2 | $5.1M | +3.8% | #17 of 400 |
| 2Plattsburgh, NY | 72 | 6 | 1.8 | $6.2M | −2.0% | #42 of 400 |
| 3Hudson, NY | 72 | 7 | 2.6 | $4.7M | −2.1% | #45 of 400 |
| 4Amsterdam, NY | 69 | 5 | 2.6 | $4.2M | +1.1% | #61 of 400 |
| 5Olean, NY | 65 | 6 | 1.9 | $5.4M | −2.1% | #81 of 400 |
| 6Gloversville, NY | 58 | 5 | 2.2 | $4.9M | −1.6% | #134 of 400 |
| 7Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 57 | 14 | 2.6 | $3.9M | −2.6% | #141 of 400 |
| 8Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 53 | 10 | 2.4 | $4.4M | −2.5% | #178 of 400 |
| 9Batavia, NY | 52 | 9 | 3.6 | $3.1M | +0.2% | #189 of 400 |
| 10Corning, NY | 51 | 12 | 3.1 | $3.6M | −1.6% | #195 of 400 |
Other business types in the Batavia 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 clinics53
- Dentists and orthodontists71
- Primary care and pediatrics52
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors50
- Physical therapy62
- Optometrists and eye care52
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Batavia, NY area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 optometrists and eye clinics in the Batavia area. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in the Batavia area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Batavia, NY area spend on medical and dental services?
About $28M a year, or $1,125 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 24,873 households in the Batavia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Batavia, NY area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Batavia area has 3.6 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending.
How fast is the Batavia, NY area growing?
Population estimates put the Batavia area at 58,416 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,873 households. Median household income in the Batavia area is $73,314, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.1%, 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. 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 Batavia area scores 52 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #189 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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