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Optometrists and eye clinics in Schenectady County, NY
How Schenectady 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 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #40 of 1,302 scored counties
#2 of 44 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $80.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,201 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8M
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 63% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 162,581
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
For optometrists and eye clinics, Schenectady County has a Groundwork market score of 81 (high): #40 of 1,302 scored counties and #2 of 44 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for optometrists and eye clinics.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 optometrists and eye clinics in Schenectady County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 63% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Schenectady County comes to about $80.3M a year: $1,201 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $8M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.6 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 4 businesses with payroll in Schenectady County classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 16,726 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Schenectady County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Schenectady 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.
| Measure | Schenectady County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $8M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 16,726 | 8,188 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,201 | $1,278 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $79,623 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Schenectady 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 Schenectady County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 162,581+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 66,902
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 205 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 784
- Median household income
- $79,623+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,936
- Median home value
- $235,700
- Jobs located here
- 59,344
- Daytime population
- 143,291Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Putnam County, NY | 82 | 10 | 2.8 | $5.3M | +1.4% | #35 of 1,302 |
| 2Schenectady County, NY | 81 | 10 | 1.5 | $8M | +3.0% | #40 of 1,302 |
| 3Saratoga County, NY | 78 | 33 | 3.2 | $4.2M | +2.3% | #82 of 1,302 |
| 4Orange County, NY | 78 | 45 | 3.2 | $4.1M | +4.2% | #85 of 1,302 |
| 5Otsego County, NY | 73 | 5 | 2.2 | $5.1M | +3.8% | #147 of 1,302 |
| 6Oswego County, NY | 72 | 6 | 1.3 | $8.7M | +1.0% | #155 of 1,302 |
| 7Rensselaer County, NY | 72 | 17 | 2.5 | $4.8M | −0.2% | #159 of 1,302 |
| 8Rockland County, NY | 70 | 39 | 3.8 | $3.8M | +5.9% | #201 of 1,302 |
| 9Wayne County, NY | 69 | 9 | 2.3 | $4.8M | +0.1% | #211 of 1,302 |
| 10Richmond County, NY | 68 | 65 | 3.8 | $3.5M | +1.3% | #238 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Schenectady 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics61
- Dentists and orthodontists60
- Primary care and pediatrics68
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics36
- Chiropractors70
- Physical therapy80
- Optometrists and eye care81
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Schenectady County, NY?
There are 10 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Schenectady County as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Schenectady County, NY spend on medical and dental services?
About $80.3M a year, or $1,201 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $8M 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 66,902 households in Schenectady County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Schenectady County, NY compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Schenectady County has 1.5 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $8M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Schenectady County would have about 26, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,726 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Schenectady County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Schenectady County at 162,581 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 66,902 households. The median household income in Schenectady County is $79,623 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% 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. Schenectady County scores 81 for optometrists and eye clinics (high), #40 of 1,302 scored counties.
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