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Optometrists and eye clinics in Hughes County, OK

How Hughes County, OK 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 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.6M
On medical and dental services · $892 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
5.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
13,455
+0.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 optometrists and eye clinics in Hughes County. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Hughes County comes to about $3.6M a year: $892 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each practice on map listings. 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 Hughes County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Hughes County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Hughes County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Hughes County 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 Hughes County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureHughes CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.04.54.1
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,3525,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.0%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.8%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$892$1,049$1,288
Median household income$51,581$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored21

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
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Hughes 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 Hughes County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,455+0.8% since 2020
Households
4,034
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
805 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$51,581+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,816
Median home value
$102,000
Jobs located here
2,956
Daytime population
11,504Residents 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 counties in Oklahoma for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Hughes County marked.

Top counties in Oklahoma

Counties in Oklahoma ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wagoner County, OK8272.2$5.1M+14.6%#37 of 1,302
2Canadian County, OK69152.6$4.6M+20.4%#212 of 1,302
3Creek County, OK6182.8$3.6M+4.4%#392 of 1,302
4Pottawatomie County, OK6072.6$3.8M+3.5%#417 of 1,302
5Rogers County, OK55154.1$2.8M+7.1%#565 of 1,302
6Le Flore County, OK5152.8$3.3M+4.1%#653 of 1,302
7Payne County, OK46113.4$2.9M+2.8%#776 of 1,302
8Grady County, OK4283.9$2.8M+7.7%#862 of 1,302
9Washington County, OK4183.8$2.7M+2.7%#892 of 1,302
10Pittsburg County, OK3752.8$3.4M−1.1%#957 of 1,302
Hughes County, OKNot scored25.0$1.8M+0.8%

Other business types in Hughes County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Hughes County, OK?

There are 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Hughes County as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Hughes County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Hughes County, OK spend on medical and dental services?

About $3.6M a year, or $892 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 4,034 households in Hughes County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hughes County has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Hughes County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Hughes County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Hughes County at 13,455 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,034 households. The median household income in Hughes County is $51,581 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.0% 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. Hughes County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Hughes County. It maps the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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

Screening a site or an acquisition in Hughes County?

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