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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Newberry, SC area

How the Newberry, SC 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #155 of 400 scored small-town markets
#4 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$15.1M
On medical and dental services · $985 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,561
+4.8% 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 Newberry area comes to about $15.1M a year: $985 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per practice, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

The Newberry area has 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.3, 20% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

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

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Newberry area grew 4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, the Newberry area has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #155 of 400 scored small-town markets and #4 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina.

How the Newberry area 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 Newberry, SC area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureNewberry areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.33.74.1
Spending per listing$3M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a7,4585,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.8%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$985$1,086$1,288
Median household income$61,780$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score5657

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
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Newberry 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 Newberry area

Population, 2025 estimate
39,561+4.8% since 2020
Households
15,325
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
630 sq. mi.
People per square mile
61
Median household income
$61,780+39.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,240
Median home value
$173,300
Jobs located here
15,662
Daytime population
36,412Residents 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 small-town markets in South Carolina for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with the Newberry area marked.

Top small-town markets in South Carolina

Small-town markets in South Carolina ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Seneca, SC8551.4$7.2M+6.3%#5 of 400
2Greenwood, SC65102.7$3.7M+1.7%#84 of 400
3Gaffney, SC6252.3$4.1M+3.7%#108 of 400
4Newberry, SC5653.3$3M+4.8%#155 of 400
5Orangeburg, SC4872.1$4.3M−0.9%#220 of 400
6Murrells Inlet, SC39155.5$2M+3.8%#301 of 400

Other business types in the Newberry 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 Newberry, SC area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 optometrists and eye clinics in the Newberry area. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in the Newberry area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Newberry, SC area spend on medical and dental services?

About $15.1M a year, or $985 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 15,325 households in the Newberry area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Newberry area has 3.3 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending.

How fast is the Newberry, SC area growing?

Population estimates put the Newberry area at 39,561 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,325 households. Median household income in the Newberry area is $61,780, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.7%, 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 Newberry area scores 56 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #155 of 400 scored small-town markets.

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

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