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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Sunbury, PA area

The optometrists and eye clinics in the Sunbury, PA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #303 of 400 scored small-town markets
#9 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania

Listings
29
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$48.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,069 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
46% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
54% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
107,788
−1.7% 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, the Sunbury area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #303 of 400 scored small-town markets and #9 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Sunbury area comes to about $48.9M a year: $1,069 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 29 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $1.7M per practice, 46% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

The Sunbury area has 29 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, 54% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Sunbury area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 9,150 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sunbury area declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Sunbury 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 Sunbury, PA area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureSunbury areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.34.44.1
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment9,1506,4965,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.8%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,069$1,201$1,288
Median household income$62,262$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score3933

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$785K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
291 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Sunbury 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 Sunbury area

Population, 2025 estimate
107,788−1.7% since 2020
Households
45,748
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
588 sq. mi.
People per square mile
185
Median household income
$62,262
Average household income
$83,829
Median home value
$174,900
Jobs located here
45,171
Daytime population
106,101Residents 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 Sunbury 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 Sunbury 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 Sunbury, PA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 optometrists and eye clinics in the Sunbury area. One of them (3%) is a chain location. 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 the Sunbury, PA area spend on medical and dental services?

About $48.9M a year, or $1,069 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 45,748 households in the Sunbury area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Sunbury area has 6.3 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.7M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Sunbury area would have about 16, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,150 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is the Sunbury, PA area growing?

Population estimates put the Sunbury area at 107,788 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,748 households. Median household income in the Sunbury area is $62,262, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Sunbury area scores 39 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #303 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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