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Optometrists and eye clinics in Richland County, ND
How Richland County, ND 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 4 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,416 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,731
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 optometrists and eye clinics in Richland County. That comes to 5.8 for every 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
At $1,416 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in Richland County spend about $9.7M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $2.4M per practice, 23% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Richland County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Richland County grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Richland County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Richland County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Richland County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,941 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.7% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,416 | $1,430 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $75,432 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 43 |
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
- 44 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Richland 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 Richland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,731+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 6,849
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $75,432+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,435
- Median home value
- $183,600
- Jobs located here
- 7,757
- Daytime population
- 15,983Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grand Forks County, ND | 72 | 11 | 3.5 | $3.9M | +1.9% | #167 of 1,302 |
| 2Morton County, ND | 62 | 6 | 4.3 | $3.3M | +3.8% | #372 of 1,302 |
| 3Cass County, ND | 60 | 44 | 5.2 | $2.7M | +9.1% | #432 of 1,302 |
| 4Burleigh County, ND | 54 | 29 | 7.0 | $2.2M | +4.7% | #603 of 1,302 |
| 5Ward County, ND | 49 | 12 | 4.2 | $3.4M | −2.4% | #695 of 1,302 |
| 6Stark County, ND | 31 | 9 | 6.6 | $2.1M | +0.5% | #1,076 of 1,302 |
| 7Stutsman County, ND | 22 | 8 | 8.5 | $1.5M | −0.6% | #1,185 of 1,302 |
| Richland County, ND | Not scored | 4 | 5.8 | $2.4M | +1.2% |
Other business types in Richland 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Richland County, ND?
There are 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Richland County as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Richland County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Richland County, ND spend on medical and dental services?
About $9.7M a year, or $1,416 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 6,849 households in Richland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Richland County, ND compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Richland County has 5.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.4M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Richland County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Richland County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Richland County at 16,731 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,849 households. The median household income in Richland County is $75,432 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Richland County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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