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Optometrists and eye clinics in St. Lawrence County, NY
How St. Lawrence 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #720 of 1,302 scored counties
#34 of 44 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $44M
- On medical and dental services · $1,056 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 40% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,488
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in St. Lawrence County comes to about $44M a year: $1,056 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.4M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 40% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
St. Lawrence County has 10 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in St. Lawrence County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show St. Lawrence County declined 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. St. Lawrence County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #720 of 1,302 scored counties and #34 of 44 scored counties in New York.
How St. Lawrence 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 | St. Lawrence County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $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 | −2.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,056 | $1,278 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $62,850 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 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
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,488−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 41,666
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,680 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $62,850+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,668
- Median home value
- $121,900
- Jobs located here
- 32,561
- Daytime population
- 102,579Residents 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 |
| 34St. Lawrence County, NY | 48 | 10 | 2.4 | $4.4M | −2.5% | #720 of 1,302 |
Other business types in St. Lawrence 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 clinics34
- Dentists and orthodontists51
- Primary care and pediatrics45
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors49
- Physical therapy57
- Optometrists and eye care48
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in St. Lawrence County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 optometrists and eye clinics in St. Lawrence County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in St. Lawrence County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in St. Lawrence County, NY spend on medical and dental services?
About $44M a year, or $1,056 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 41,666 households in St. Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Lawrence County, NY compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
St. Lawrence County has 2.4 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $4.4M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, St. Lawrence County would have about 14, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is St. Lawrence County, NY growing?
Population estimates put St. Lawrence County at 105,488 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,666 households. Median household income in St. Lawrence County is $62,850, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. St. Lawrence County scores 48 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #720 of 1,302 scored counties.
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