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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area

How the Jamestown-Dunkirk, 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #141 of 400 scored small-town markets
#7 of 10 scored small-town markets based in New York

Listings
14
3 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$54.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,027 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
25% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
37% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
124,126
−2.6% 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

Households in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area spend about $54.8M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,027 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 25% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

The Jamestown-Dunkirk area has 14 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 21%, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.6, 37% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area in 2023. That is one for every 6,674 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jamestown-Dunkirk area declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area is 57 (upper middle), #141 of 400 scored small-town markets and #7 of 10 scored small-town markets based in New York.

How the Jamestown-Dunkirk 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.

Optometrists and eye care in Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureJamestown-Dunkirk areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.64.24.1
Spending per listing$3.9M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment6,6748,1885,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.9%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,027$1,278$1,288
Median household income$58,351$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5748

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
79
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
143 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk area

Population, 2025 estimate
124,126−2.6% since 2020
Households
53,393
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
1,060 sq. mi.
People per square mile
118
Median household income
$58,351+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,000
Median home value
$127,900
Jobs located here
44,855
Daytime population
120,603Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across New York

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in New York for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in New York, with the Jamestown-Dunkirk area marked.

Top small-town markets in New York

Small-town markets in New York ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oneonta, NY8052.2$5.1M+3.8%#17 of 400
2Plattsburgh, NY7261.8$6.2M−2.0%#42 of 400
3Hudson, NY7272.6$4.7M−2.1%#45 of 400
4Amsterdam, NY6952.6$4.2M+1.1%#61 of 400
5Olean, NY6561.9$5.4M−2.1%#81 of 400
6Gloversville, NY5852.2$4.9M−1.6%#134 of 400
7Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY57142.6$3.9M−2.6%#141 of 400
8Massena-Ogdensburg, NY53102.4$4.4M−2.5%#178 of 400
9Batavia, NY5293.6$3.1M+0.2%#189 of 400
10Corning, NY51123.1$3.6M−1.6%#195 of 400

Other business types in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area

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Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 optometrists and eye clinics in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area. 3 of them (21%) 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 the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area spend on medical and dental services?

About $54.8M a year, or $1,027 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 53,393 households in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

The Jamestown-Dunkirk area has 2.6 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.9M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Jamestown-Dunkirk area would have about 18, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,674 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY area growing?

Population estimates put the Jamestown-Dunkirk area at 124,126 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 53,393 households. Median household income in the Jamestown-Dunkirk area is $58,351, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk area scores 57 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #141 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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