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Optometrists and eye clinics in Oswego County, NY

How Oswego County, NY compares with other counties and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #155 of 1,302 scored counties
#6 of 44 scored counties in New York

Listings
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$52.3M
On medical and dental services · $1,107 a household
Spending per listing
$8.7M
2.8 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
68% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
118,569
+1.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 optometrists and eye clinics in Oswego County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.3, 68% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Households in Oswego County spend about $52.3M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,107 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $8.7M per practice, 2.8 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Oswego County classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 9,448 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Oswego County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, Oswego County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #155 of 1,302 scored counties and #6 of 44 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Oswego County 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 Oswego County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureOswego CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.34.24.1
Spending per listing$8.7M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment9,4488,1885,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.9%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,107$1,278$1,288
Median household income$69,183$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score7248

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
62 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Oswego 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 Oswego County

Population, 2025 estimate
118,569+1.0% since 2020
Households
47,239
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
952 sq. mi.
People per square mile
124
Median household income
$69,183+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,184
Median home value
$151,700
Jobs located here
32,047
Daytime population
98,594Residents 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 counties in New York for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in New York, with Oswego County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Putnam County, NY82102.8$5.3M+1.4%#35 of 1,302
2Schenectady County, NY81101.5$8M+3.0%#40 of 1,302
3Saratoga County, NY78333.2$4.2M+2.3%#82 of 1,302
4Orange County, NY78453.2$4.1M+4.2%#85 of 1,302
5Otsego County, NY7352.2$5.1M+3.8%#147 of 1,302
6Oswego County, NY7261.3$8.7M+1.0%#155 of 1,302
7Rensselaer County, NY72172.5$4.8M−0.2%#159 of 1,302
8Rockland County, NY70393.8$3.8M+5.9%#201 of 1,302
9Wayne County, NY6992.3$4.8M+0.1%#211 of 1,302
10Richmond County, NY68653.8$3.5M+1.3%#238 of 1,302

Other business types in Oswego County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Oswego County, NY?

There are 6 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Oswego County as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.

How much do households in Oswego County, NY spend on medical and dental services?

About $52.3M a year, or $1,107 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $8.7M 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 47,239 households in Oswego County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Oswego County, NY compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

Oswego County has 1.3 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $8.7M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Oswego County would have about 17, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,448 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Oswego County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Oswego County at 118,569 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,239 households. The median household income in Oswego County is $69,183 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. Oswego County scores 72 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #155 of 1,302 scored counties.

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