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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Duncan, OK area

How the Duncan, OK area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #364 of 400 scored small-town markets
#8 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
13
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,018 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
56% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.4
80% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
44,310
+3.4% 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

The Duncan area scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #364 of 400 scored small-town markets and #8 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Duncan area comes to about $17.9M a year: $1,018 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 56% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

The Duncan area has 13 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.4, 80% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Duncan area in 2023. That is one for every 2,928 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Duncan area grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Duncan area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Duncan, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureDuncan areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.44.54.1
Spending per listing$1.4M$2.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment2,9284,3525,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.0%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.4%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,018$1,049$1,288
Median household income$61,620$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score2521

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
48
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
131 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 the Duncan area, 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 the Duncan area

Population, 2025 estimate
44,310+3.4% since 2020
Households
17,567
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
870 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$61,620+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,051
Median home value
$145,300
Jobs located here
15,578
Daytime population
41,720Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Duncan area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oklahoma

Small-town markets in Oklahoma ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shawnee, OK6972.6$3.8M+3.5%#63 of 400
2Stillwater, OK56113.4$2.9M+2.8%#157 of 400
3Bartlesville, OK5283.8$2.7M+2.7%#191 of 400
4Durant, OK4584.3$2.3M+10.9%#251 of 400
5McAlester, OK4252.8$3.4M−1.1%#265 of 400
6Tahlequah, OK4184.3$2.3M+4.5%#276 of 400
7Ponca City, OK3974.2$2.4M−0.3%#300 of 400
8Duncan, OK25137.4$1.4M+3.4%#364 of 400
9Weatherford, OK2374.6$2.2M−0.7%#367 of 400
10Ada, OK20106.6$1.5M+1.2%#378 of 400

Other business types in the Duncan area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Duncan, OK area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 optometrists and eye clinics in the Duncan area. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.

How much do households in the Duncan, OK area spend on medical and dental services?

About $17.9M a year, or $1,018 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 17,567 households in the Duncan area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Duncan, OK area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

The Duncan area has 7.4 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 80% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.4M, 56% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Duncan area would have about 6, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,928 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is the Duncan, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Duncan area at 44,310 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,567 households. Median household income in the Duncan area is $61,620, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Duncan area scores 25 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #364 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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