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Optometrists and eye clinics in Roberts County, SD

How Roberts County, SD 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 none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,321 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
10,255
−0.1% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in Roberts County comes to about $4.8M a year: $1,321 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no optometrists and eye clinics in Roberts County. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Roberts County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

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

Population estimates show Roberts County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Roberts County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Roberts County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Roberts County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureRoberts CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.05.44.1
Spending per listingn/a$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,1795,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.5%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,321$1,402$1,288
Median household income$65,130$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored33

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Roberts 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 Roberts County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,255−0.1% since 2020
Households
3,625
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,101 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$65,130+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,087
Median home value
$154,500
Jobs located here
3,221
Daytime population
9,494Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across South Dakota

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

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Brown County, SD6153.1$4.5M−1.7%#388 of 1,302
2Minnehaha County, SD57465.4$2.7M+7.6%#502 of 1,302
3Lincoln County, SD44227.9$2M+17.5%#830 of 1,302
4Brookings County, SD4285.8$2.3M+9.6%#877 of 1,302
5Pennington County, SD39337.1$2M+6.6%#938 of 1,302
6Lawrence County, SD3897.5$1.8M+14.0%#955 of 1,302
7Yankton County, SD3777.2$1.9M+1.5%#977 of 1,302
8Union County, SD32912.3$1.3M+3.3%#1,063 of 1,302
9Davison County, SD3055.6$2.3M+0.6%#1,088 of 1,302
10Codington County, SD291713.6$982K+4.3%#1,108 of 1,302
Roberts County, SDNot scored00.0n/a−0.1%

Other business types in Roberts County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Roberts County, SD?

There are no optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Roberts County as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Roberts County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Roberts County, SD spend on medical and dental services?

About $4.8M a year, or $1,321 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 3,625 households in Roberts County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Roberts County has no optometrists and eye clinics on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Roberts County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is Roberts County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Roberts County at 10,255 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,625 households. Median household income in Roberts County is $65,130, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.4%, 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. Roberts County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Roberts County. It maps the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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

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