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Optometrists and eye clinics in Abbeville County, SC

How Abbeville County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,004 a household
Spending per listing
$9.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
24,836
+2.3% 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 Abbeville County comes to about $9.8M a year: $1,004 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9.8M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

There is 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings in Abbeville County as of September 2026. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Abbeville County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Abbeville County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, Abbeville County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Abbeville County compares

The same measures for South Carolina 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 Abbeville County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureAbbeville CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.03.74.1
Spending per listing$9.8M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a7,4585,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.8%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,004$1,086$1,288
Median household income$52,935$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored57

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Abbeville 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 Abbeville County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,836+2.3% since 2020
Households
9,762
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
491 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$52,935+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,228
Median home value
$178,800
Jobs located here
5,595
Daytime population
19,493Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across South Carolina

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

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dorchester County, SC82121.9$6M+10.1%#34 of 1,302
2Lancaster County, SC82102.5$4.6M+18.3%#39 of 1,302
3Oconee County, SC7951.4$7.2M+6.3%#59 of 1,302
4Aiken County, SC76162.3$4.8M+7.3%#112 of 1,302
5Spartanburg County, SC67372.8$3.7M+15.6%#259 of 1,302
6York County, SC66413.6$3.4M+8.1%#285 of 1,302
7Lexington County, SC66413.4$3.3M+7.7%#289 of 1,302
8Laurens County, SC6562.2$4.3M+6.2%#297 of 1,302
9Kershaw County, SC6483.0$3.6M+11.6%#321 of 1,302
10Greenville County, SC60934.2$2.7M+10.6%#433 of 1,302
Abbeville County, SCNot scored11.0$9.8M+2.3%

Other business types in Abbeville County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Abbeville County, SC?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 optometrist or eye clinic in Abbeville County. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Abbeville County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Abbeville County, SC spend on medical and dental services?

About $9.8M a year, or $1,004 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, it comes to $9.8M 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 9,762 households in Abbeville County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Abbeville County has 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Abbeville County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Abbeville County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Abbeville County at 24,836 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,762 households. Median household income in Abbeville County is $52,935, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.6%, 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. 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. Abbeville County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for optometrists and eye clinics · All 56 business types in Abbeville County

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