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Optometrists and eye clinics in Wayne County, PA

The optometrists and eye clinics in Wayne County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,212 of 1,302 scored counties
#49 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
14
3 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,074 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
49% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.7
63% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
51,703
+1.1% 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

The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in Wayne County is 19 (low), #1,212 of 1,302 scored counties and #49 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Wayne County comes to about $22.4M a year: $1,074 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $1.6M per practice, 49% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

There are 14 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Wayne County as of September 2026. 3 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.7, 63% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Wayne County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 3,480 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wayne County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Wayne 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 Wayne County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureWayne CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.74.44.1
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,4806,4965,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.8%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,074$1,201$1,288
Median household income$62,381$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score1933

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
45
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
143 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County

Population, 2025 estimate
51,703+1.1% since 2020
Households
20,877
Median age
49.0
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
726 sq. mi.
People per square mile
71
Median household income
$62,381+11.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,112
Median home value
$242,100
Jobs located here
14,421
Daytime population
42,957Residents 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 Wayne 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
49Wayne County, PA19146.7$1.6M+1.1%#1,212 of 1,302

Other business types in Wayne County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 optometrists and eye clinics in Wayne County. 3 of them (21%) are chain locations. 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 Wayne County, PA spend on medical and dental services?

About $22.4M 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 14 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 20,877 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wayne County has 6.7 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.6M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Wayne County would have about 7, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,480 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Wayne County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Wayne County at 51,703 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,877 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $62,381, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.2%, 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. Wayne County scores 19 for optometrists and eye clinics (low), #1,212 of 1,302 scored counties.

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