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Optometrists and eye clinics in Person County, NC
How Person 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 · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,007 of 1,302 scored counties
#48 of 56 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,043 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,636
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Person County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #1,007 of 1,302 scored counties and #48 of 56 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Person County spend about $16.8M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,043 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
There are 8 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Person County as of September 2026. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 5.0 for every 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Person County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 5,354 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Person County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Person 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 | Person County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $3.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,354 | 6,479 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.3% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,043 | $1,116 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $63,300 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Person 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 Person County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,636+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,063
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $63,300+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,375
- Median home value
- $213,900
- Jobs located here
- 9,989
- Daytime population
- 32,063Residents 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 |
| 48Person County, NC | 35 | 8 | 5.0 | $2.1M | +3.7% | #1,007 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Person County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Person County, NC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 optometrists and eye clinics in Person County. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. 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 Person County, NC spend on medical and dental services?
About $16.8M a year, or $1,043 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 16,063 households in Person County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Person County, NC compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Person County has 5.0 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.1M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Person County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,354 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Person County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Person County at 40,636 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,063 households. Median household income in Person County is $63,300, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. Person County scores 35 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #1,007 of 1,302 scored counties.
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