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Optometrists and eye clinics in Ashland County, OH
How Ashland County, OH 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
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $27M
- On medical and dental services · $1,302 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.7M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,523
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 optometrists and eye clinics in Ashland County. That comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Households in Ashland County spend about $27M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,302 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 4 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $6.7M per practice, 2.2 times 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 Ashland County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Ashland County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Ashland County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Ashland County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Ashland County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $6.7M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,545 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.8% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,302 | $1,398 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $69,860 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Ashland 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 Ashland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,523+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 20,720
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 423 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 124
- Median household income
- $69,860+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,890
- Median home value
- $186,800
- Jobs located here
- 18,646
- Daytime population
- 47,965Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clermont County, OH | 84 | 27 | 3.2 | $4.7M | +3.9% | #22 of 1,302 |
| 2Warren County, OH | 81 | 29 | 3.2 | $5.5M | +5.7% | #42 of 1,302 |
| 3Portage County, OH | 78 | 18 | 2.8 | $5.1M | +1.0% | #77 of 1,302 |
| 4Licking County, OH | 77 | 22 | 3.2 | $4.7M | +3.8% | #93 of 1,302 |
| 5Medina County, OH | 77 | 26 | 3.6 | $4.4M | +1.3% | #96 of 1,302 |
| 6Union County, OH | 77 | 12 | 5.0 | $3.4M | +16.5% | #105 of 1,302 |
| 7Lorain County, OH | 74 | 41 | 3.2 | $4.4M | +3.1% | #135 of 1,302 |
| 8Ashtabula County, OH | 73 | 6 | 1.5 | $8.1M | −0.8% | #145 of 1,302 |
| 9Athens County, OH | 73 | 5 | 2.2 | $5.7M | +1.3% | #146 of 1,302 |
| 10Hancock County, OH | 68 | 7 | 2.2 | $6.3M | +0.1% | #223 of 1,302 |
| Ashland County, OH | Not scored | 4 | 1.9 | $6.7M | +0.1% |
Other business types in Ashland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Ashland County, OH?
There are 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Ashland County as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Ashland County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Ashland County, OH spend on medical and dental services?
About $27M a year, or $1,302 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $6.7M 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 20,720 households in Ashland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ashland County, OH compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Ashland County has 1.9 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $6.7M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Ashland County would have about 9, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Ashland County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Ashland County at 52,523 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,720 households. The median household income in Ashland County is $69,860 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. Ashland 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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