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Optometrists and eye clinics in Steele County, ND

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in Steele County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.1M
On medical and dental services · $1,426 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
1,797
−0.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

There are no optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Steele County as of September 2026.

At $1,426 per household (11% above the U.S. average), households in Steele County spend about $1.1M a year on medical and dental services. 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 Steele County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Steele County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Steele 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.

Optometrists and eye care in Steele County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureSteele CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.04.84.1
Spending per listingn/a$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,9415,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.7%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,426$1,430$1,288
Median household income$77,500$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
0The 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 Steele 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 Steele County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,797−0.1% since 2020
Households
806
Median age
46.2
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.6
Land area
712 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$77,500
Average household income
$96,112
Median home value
$130,700
Jobs located here
564
Daytime population
1,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Steele County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Grand Forks County, ND72113.5$3.9M+1.9%#167 of 1,302
2Morton County, ND6264.3$3.3M+3.8%#372 of 1,302
3Cass County, ND60445.2$2.7M+9.1%#432 of 1,302
4Burleigh County, ND54297.0$2.2M+4.7%#603 of 1,302
5Ward County, ND49124.2$3.4M−2.4%#695 of 1,302
6Stark County, ND3196.6$2.1M+0.5%#1,076 of 1,302
7Stutsman County, ND2288.5$1.5M−0.6%#1,185 of 1,302
Steele County, NDNot scored00.0n/a−0.1%

Other business types in Steele County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Steele County, ND?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no optometrists and eye clinics in Steele County. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Steele County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Steele County, ND spend on medical and dental services?

About $1.1M a year, or $1,426 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 806 households in Steele County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Steele County, ND compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

Steele County has no optometrists and eye clinics on map listings.

How fast is Steele County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Steele County at 1,797 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 806 households. The median household income in Steele County is $77,500 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for optometrists and eye clinics · All 56 business types in Steele County

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