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Optometrists and eye clinics in Pickens County, SC
How Pickens 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 · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #536 of 1,302 scored counties
#14 of 26 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 20
- 7 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $53.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,017 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 139,198
- +5.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 optometrists and eye clinics in Pickens County. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 3.8 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Pickens County comes to about $53.3M a year: $1,017 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per practice, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Pickens County in 2023. That is one for every 13,104 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Pickens County grew 5.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Pickens County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #536 of 1,302 scored counties and #14 of 26 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Pickens 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.
| Measure | Pickens County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,104 | 7,458 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −9.8% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,017 | $1,086 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $61,064 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $890K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 207 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Pickens 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 Pickens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,198+5.7% since 2020
- Households
- 52,414
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 271
- Median household income
- $61,064+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,979
- Median home value
- $231,900
- Jobs located here
- 40,063
- Daytime population
- 119,682Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dorchester County, SC | 82 | 12 | 1.9 | $6M | +10.1% | #34 of 1,302 |
| 2Lancaster County, SC | 82 | 10 | 2.5 | $4.6M | +18.3% | #39 of 1,302 |
| 3Oconee County, SC | 79 | 5 | 1.4 | $7.2M | +6.3% | #59 of 1,302 |
| 4Aiken County, SC | 76 | 16 | 2.3 | $4.8M | +7.3% | #112 of 1,302 |
| 5Spartanburg County, SC | 67 | 37 | 2.8 | $3.7M | +15.6% | #259 of 1,302 |
| 6York County, SC | 66 | 41 | 3.6 | $3.4M | +8.1% | #285 of 1,302 |
| 7Lexington County, SC | 66 | 41 | 3.4 | $3.3M | +7.7% | #289 of 1,302 |
| 8Laurens County, SC | 65 | 6 | 2.2 | $4.3M | +6.2% | #297 of 1,302 |
| 9Kershaw County, SC | 64 | 8 | 3.0 | $3.6M | +11.6% | #321 of 1,302 |
| 10Greenville County, SC | 60 | 93 | 4.2 | $2.7M | +10.6% | #433 of 1,302 |
| 14Pickens County, SC | 56 | 20 | 3.8 | $2.7M | +5.7% | #536 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Pickens County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics43
- Dentists and orthodontists43
- Primary care and pediatrics63
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors41
- Physical therapy40
- Optometrists and eye care56
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Pickens County, SC?
There are 20 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Pickens County as of September 2026. 7 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Pickens County, SC spend on medical and dental services?
About $53.3M a year, or $1,017 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 52,414 households in Pickens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pickens County, SC compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Pickens County has 3.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.7M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Pickens County would have about 17, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,104 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Pickens County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Pickens County at 139,198 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,414 households. The median household income in Pickens County is $61,064 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Pickens County scores 56 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #536 of 1,302 scored counties.
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