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Optometrists and eye clinics in Dyer County, TN
The optometrists and eye clinics in Dyer County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,231 of 1,302 scored counties
#35 of 36 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.3M
- On medical and dental services · $970 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 66% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,320
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
For optometrists and eye clinics, Dyer County has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #1,231 of 1,302 scored counties and #35 of 36 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Dyer County comes to about $14.3M a year: $970 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $1.4M per practice, 54% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
Dyer County has 10 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 6.8 for every 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Dyer County in 2023. That is one for every 4,923 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Dyer County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Dyer County 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 | Dyer County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,923 | 6,347 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $970 | $1,088 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $58,154 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 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 Dyer 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 Dyer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,320−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 14,769
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 512 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $58,154+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,907
- Median home value
- $166,400
- Jobs located here
- 15,590
- Daytime population
- 36,284Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Montgomery County, TN | 75 | 22 | 2.5 | $4.3M | +13.0% | #122 of 1,302 |
| 2Dickson County, TN | 71 | 6 | 2.8 | $4M | +7.7% | #185 of 1,302 |
| 3Blount County, TN | 70 | 18 | 3.2 | $3.5M | +6.0% | #203 of 1,302 |
| 4Anderson County, TN | 69 | 10 | 3.1 | $3.5M | +6.1% | #219 of 1,302 |
| 5Tipton County, TN | 68 | 5 | 2.2 | $4.9M | +2.0% | #225 of 1,302 |
| 6Sumner County, TN | 68 | 31 | 3.9 | $3.1M | +9.2% | #245 of 1,302 |
| 7Cumberland County, TN | 67 | 6 | 2.1 | $4.6M | +8.0% | #252 of 1,302 |
| 8Davidson County, TN | 64 | 119 | 3.7 | $3.2M | +4.2% | #330 of 1,302 |
| 9Rutherford County, TN | 59 | 53 | 4.1 | $2.9M | +12.6% | #452 of 1,302 |
| 10Maury County, TN | 55 | 19 | 4.5 | $2.5M | +16.0% | #569 of 1,302 |
| 35Dyer County, TN | 17 | 10 | 6.8 | $1.4M | −1.1% | #1,231 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Dyer 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 clinics19
- Dentists and orthodontists28
- Primary care and pediatrics16
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors25
- Physical therapy34
- Optometrists and eye care17
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Dyer County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 optometrists and eye clinics in Dyer County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Dyer County, TN spend on medical and dental services?
About $14.3M a year, or $970 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 14,769 households in Dyer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dyer County, TN compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Dyer County has 6.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.4M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Dyer County would have about 5, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,923 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Dyer County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Dyer County at 36,320 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,769 households. Median household income in Dyer County is $58,154, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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. Dyer County scores 17 for optometrists and eye clinics (low), #1,231 of 1,302 scored counties.
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