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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Sayre, PA area

How the Sayre, PA 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #293 of 400 scored small-town markets
#7 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania

Listings
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,074 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
59,600
−0.6% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Sayre area comes to about $26.4M a year: $1,074 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per practice, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

The Sayre area has 10 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 4.1 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Sayre area in 2023. That is one for every 4,102 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sayre area declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For optometrists and eye clinics, the Sayre area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #293 of 400 scored small-town markets and #7 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania.

How the Sayre area 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 Sayre, PA area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureSayre areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.14.44.1
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,1026,4965,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.8%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,074$1,201$1,288
Median household income$63,675$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score3933

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Sayre 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 Sayre area

Population, 2025 estimate
59,600−0.6% since 2020
Households
24,610
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,147 sq. mi.
People per square mile
52
Median household income
$63,675+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,904
Median home value
$187,500
Jobs located here
22,664
Daytime population
55,851Residents 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 small-town markets in Pennsylvania for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Sayre area marked.

Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania

Small-town markets in Pennsylvania ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hemlock Farms, PA8552.1$5.8M+7.2%#6 of 400
2East Stroudsburg, PA54274.4$2.7M−0.7%#172 of 400
3Somerset, PA50113.7$2.8M−2.7%#209 of 400
4Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA43145.3$2M+2.3%#262 of 400
5Pottsville, PA43335.7$1.9M+1.5%#263 of 400
6Indiana, PA41144.3$2.4M−0.3%#275 of 400
7Sayre, PA39104.1$2.6M−0.6%#293 of 400
8Hermitage, PA39204.3$2.4M−2.4%#299 of 400
9Sunbury, PA39296.3$1.7M−1.7%#303 of 400
10Meadville, PA35154.4$2.3M−2.4%#315 of 400

Other business types in the Sayre 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 Sayre, PA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 optometrists and eye clinics in the Sayre area. One of them (10%) 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 Sayre, PA area spend on medical and dental services?

About $26.4M a year, or $1,074 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 24,610 households in the Sayre area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Sayre area has 4.1 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.6M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Sayre area would have about 8, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,102 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is the Sayre, PA area growing?

Population estimates put the Sayre area at 59,600 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,610 households. Median household income in the Sayre area is $63,675, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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 Sayre area scores 39 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #293 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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