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Optometrists and eye clinics in Elk County, PA
How Elk County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 9 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #1,276 of 1,302 scored counties
#57 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,056 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 66% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,926
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Elk County scores 9 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #1,276 of 1,302 scored counties and #57 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 optometrists and eye clinics in Elk County. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.8, 66% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Elk County comes to about $14.1M a year: $1,056 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 50% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Elk County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,665 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Elk County declined 3.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Elk County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Elk County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.7M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,665 | 6,496 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −9.8% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,056 | $1,201 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $66,380 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 9 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $726K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Elk 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 Elk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,926−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,325
- Median age
- 47.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 827 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $66,380+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,773
- Median home value
- $133,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,876
- Daytime population
- 29,443Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, PA | 80 | 5 | 2.1 | $5.8M | +7.2% | #51 of 1,302 |
| 2Adams County, PA | 78 | 7 | 1.7 | $7M | +3.6% | #71 of 1,302 |
| 3Cumberland County, PA | 72 | 40 | 3.8 | $3.3M | +6.5% | #173 of 1,302 |
| 4York County, PA | 67 | 64 | 3.5 | $3.5M | +3.6% | #265 of 1,302 |
| 5Chester County, PA | 67 | 94 | 4.6 | $3.3M | +4.2% | #268 of 1,302 |
| 6Carbon County, PA | 63 | 6 | 2.2 | $4.9M | +1.7% | #337 of 1,302 |
| 7Franklin County, PA | 61 | 21 | 3.3 | $3.5M | +3.0% | #395 of 1,302 |
| 8Philadelphia County, PA | 60 | 193 | 2.8 | $3.8M | −1.6% | #416 of 1,302 |
| 9Lebanon County, PA | 60 | 21 | 3.7 | $3.2M | +2.2% | #427 of 1,302 |
| 10Northampton County, PA | 60 | 52 | 4.2 | $3M | +3.7% | #429 of 1,302 |
| 57Elk County, PA | 9 | 9 | 6.8 | $1.6M | −3.3% | #1,276 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Elk 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Elk County, PA?
There are 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Elk County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Elk County, PA spend on medical and dental services?
About $14.1M a year, or $1,056 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 13,325 households in Elk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elk County, PA compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Elk County has 6.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.6M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Elk County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,665 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Elk County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Elk County at 29,926 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,325 households. The median household income in Elk County is $66,380 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Elk County scores 9 for optometrists and eye clinics (very low), #1,276 of 1,302 scored counties.
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