Health care · Small-town market · Tennessee
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Cookeville, TN area
The optometrists and eye clinics in the Cookeville, TN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #128 of 400 scored small-town markets
#2 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 18
- 7 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $57.5M
- On medical and dental services · $979 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 152,477
- +7.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Cookeville area comes to about $57.5M a year: $979 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per practice, 2% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
The Cookeville area has 18 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 3.1 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Cookeville area in 2023. That is one for every 4,891 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Cookeville area grew 7.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, the Cookeville area has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #128 of 400 scored small-town markets and #2 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.
How the Cookeville area compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Cookeville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,891 | 6,347 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.6% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $979 | $1,088 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $55,380 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 64
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 187 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Cookeville 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 Cookeville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 152,477+7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 58,693
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,520 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $55,380
- Average household income
- $75,930
- Median home value
- $237,000
- Jobs located here
- 55,382
- Daytime population
- 142,620Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Cookeville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crossville, TN | 71 | 6 | 2.1 | $4.6M | +8.0% | #50 of 400 |
| 2Cookeville, TN | 59 | 18 | 3.1 | $3.2M | +7.6% | #128 of 400 |
| 3Greeneville, TN | 58 | 9 | 3.2 | $3M | +5.0% | #139 of 400 |
| 4McMinnville, TN | 57 | 5 | 3.1 | $3.1M | +6.5% | #143 of 400 |
| 5Athens, TN | 57 | 11 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +8.2% | #149 of 400 |
| 6Sevierville, TN | 55 | 16 | 4.0 | $2.6M | +2.5% | #165 of 400 |
| 7Fayetteville, TN | 50 | 6 | 4.0 | $2.6M | +4.3% | #211 of 400 |
| 8Lawrenceburg, TN | 47 | 6 | 3.5 | $2.7M | +6.2% | #231 of 400 |
| 9Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 45 | 16 | 6.2 | $1.6M | +7.3% | #253 of 400 |
| 10Newport, TN | 43 | 5 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +5.1% | #259 of 400 |
Other business types in the Cookeville area
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 clinics39
- Dentists and orthodontists44
- Primary care and pediatrics36
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors69
- Physical therapy53
- Optometrists and eye care59
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Cookeville, TN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 optometrists and eye clinics in the Cookeville area. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Cookeville, TN area spend on medical and dental services?
About $57.5M a year, or $979 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 58,693 households in the Cookeville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cookeville, TN area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Cookeville area has 3.1 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.2M, 2% above 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. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,891 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cookeville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Cookeville area at 152,477 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 58,693 households. Median household income in the Cookeville area is $55,380, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Cookeville area scores 59 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #128 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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