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Optometrists and eye clinics in Lee County, NC
How Lee County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 2 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,024 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.6M
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 71% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,258
- +10.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Lee County spend about $25.8M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,024 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.6M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
There are 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Lee County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.2, 71% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Lee County classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 8,382 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lee County grew 10.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Lee County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lee County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Lee County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $8.6M | $3.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,382 | 6,479 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.3% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.8% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,024 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $65,387 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Lee 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 Lee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,258+10.8% since 2020
- Households
- 25,145
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 255 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 258
- Median household income
- $65,387+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,746
- Median home value
- $240,200
- Jobs located here
- 27,081
- Daytime population
- 64,849Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chatham County, NC | 88 | 6 | 1.8 | $7.1M | +11.0% | #8 of 1,302 |
| 2Harnett County, NC | 78 | 13 | 2.6 | $4.1M | +12.3% | #84 of 1,302 |
| 3Union County, NC | 78 | 28 | 3.3 | $4M | +11.7% | #86 of 1,302 |
| 4Davidson County, NC | 75 | 16 | 2.3 | $4.5M | +6.6% | #120 of 1,302 |
| 5Randolph County, NC | 74 | 9 | 1.6 | $6.4M | +3.5% | #128 of 1,302 |
| 6Johnston County, NC | 74 | 26 | 3.0 | $3.8M | +17.9% | #140 of 1,302 |
| 7Brunswick County, NC | 73 | 23 | 3.3 | $3.3M | +26.5% | #154 of 1,302 |
| 8Moore County, NC | 69 | 15 | 3.4 | $3.4M | +10.3% | #220 of 1,302 |
| 9Onslow County, NC | 68 | 18 | 2.4 | $4.4M | +6.0% | #230 of 1,302 |
| 10Alamance County, NC | 67 | 21 | 3.0 | $3.5M | +8.5% | #264 of 1,302 |
| Lee County, NC | Not scored | 3 | 1.2 | $8.6M | +10.8% |
Other business types in Lee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Lee County, NC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 optometrists and eye clinics in Lee County. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Lee County, NC spend on medical and dental services?
About $25.8M a year, or $1,024 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $8.6M 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 25,145 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lee County, NC compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Lee County has 1.2 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $8.6M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Lee County would have about 8, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,382 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Lee County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Lee County at 70,258 people in 2025, up 10.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,145 households. Median household income in Lee County is $65,387, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.8%, 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. Lee County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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