Health care · County · Oregon
Optometrists and eye clinics in Wasco County, OR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in Wasco County, OR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,178 of 1,302 scored counties
#21 of 21 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,153 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,310
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
For optometrists and eye clinics, Wasco County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,178 of 1,302 scored counties and #21 of 21 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Wasco County comes to about $12.2M a year: $1,153 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $2M per practice, 35% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
Wasco County has 6 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Wasco County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Wasco County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wasco County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Wasco County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3.6M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,159 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.1% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,153 | $1,324 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $64,175 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 60 |
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
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Wasco 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 Wasco County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,310−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,563
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $64,175+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,059
- Median home value
- $367,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,091
- Daytime population
- 24,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Polk County, OR | 79 | 8 | 2.4 | $5.4M | +2.3% | #61 of 1,302 |
| 2Benton County, OR | 77 | 13 | 3.4 | $3.8M | +4.4% | #103 of 1,302 |
| 3Marion County, OR | 72 | 32 | 2.5 | $5M | +2.7% | #158 of 1,302 |
| 4Clackamas County, OR | 67 | 67 | 4.1 | $3.6M | +0.9% | #262 of 1,302 |
| 5Linn County, OR | 65 | 19 | 3.7 | $3.2M | +3.0% | #307 of 1,302 |
| 6Yamhill County, OR | 64 | 12 | 3.1 | $4.4M | +2.2% | #315 of 1,302 |
| 7Coos County, OR | 63 | 6 | 2.1 | $5.5M | −1.5% | #335 of 1,302 |
| 8Lane County, OR | 63 | 50 | 3.1 | $3.9M | −0.7% | #342 of 1,302 |
| 9Crook County, OR | 62 | 5 | 4.6 | $2.8M | +10.6% | #383 of 1,302 |
| 10Washington County, OR | 59 | 105 | 4.5 | $3.4M | +1.8% | #444 of 1,302 |
| 21Wasco County, OR | 22 | 6 | 5.7 | $2M | −1.1% | #1,178 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Wasco 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics30
- Dentists and orthodontists26
- Primary care and pediatrics43
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors39
- Physical therapy24
- Optometrists and eye care22
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Wasco County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 optometrists and eye clinics in Wasco County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Wasco County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wasco County, OR spend on medical and dental services?
About $12.2M a year, or $1,153 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 10,563 households in Wasco County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wasco County, OR compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Wasco County has 5.7 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Wasco County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Wasco County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Wasco County at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. Median household income in Wasco County is $64,175, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. Wasco County scores 22 for optometrists and eye clinics (low), #1,178 of 1,302 scored counties.
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