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Optometrists and eye clinics in Huntingdon County, PA

How Huntingdon 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 16 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,237 of 1,302 scored counties
#52 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$17.5M
On medical and dental services · $1,071 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
34% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,001
−2.4% 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

For optometrists and eye clinics, Huntingdon County has a Groundwork market score of 16 (low): #1,237 of 1,302 scored counties and #52 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 Huntingdon County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

At $1,071 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Huntingdon County spend about $17.5M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 38% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Huntingdon County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Huntingdon County declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Huntingdon 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.

Optometrists and eye care in Huntingdon County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureHuntingdon CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.54.44.1
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,4965,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.8%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,071$1,201$1,288
Median household income$65,557$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score1633

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
91 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 Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County

Population, 2025 estimate
43,001−2.4% since 2020
Households
16,341
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
875 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$65,557+26.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,223
Median home value
$183,200
Jobs located here
12,439
Daytime population
39,299Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Huntingdon County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pike County, PA8052.1$5.8M+7.2%#51 of 1,302
2Adams County, PA7871.7$7M+3.6%#71 of 1,302
3Cumberland County, PA72403.8$3.3M+6.5%#173 of 1,302
4York County, PA67643.5$3.5M+3.6%#265 of 1,302
5Chester County, PA67944.6$3.3M+4.2%#268 of 1,302
6Carbon County, PA6362.2$4.9M+1.7%#337 of 1,302
7Franklin County, PA61213.3$3.5M+3.0%#395 of 1,302
8Philadelphia County, PA601932.8$3.8M−1.6%#416 of 1,302
9Lebanon County, PA60213.7$3.2M+2.2%#427 of 1,302
10Northampton County, PA60524.2$3M+3.7%#429 of 1,302
52Huntingdon County, PA1695.5$1.9M−2.4%#1,237 of 1,302

Other business types in Huntingdon County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Huntingdon County, PA?

There are 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Huntingdon County as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Huntingdon County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Huntingdon County, PA spend on medical and dental services?

About $17.5M a year, or $1,071 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 16,341 households in Huntingdon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Huntingdon County has 5.5 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.9M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Huntingdon County would have about 6, against 9 on map listings.

How fast is Huntingdon County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Huntingdon County at 43,001 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,341 households. The median household income in Huntingdon County is $65,557 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.9% 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. Huntingdon County scores 16 for optometrists and eye clinics (low), #1,237 of 1,302 scored counties.

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