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Optometrists and eye clinics in Jefferson County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in Jefferson County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,037 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- 81% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 60,024
- +9.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Jefferson County comes to about $22.6M a year: $1,037 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.7M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 81% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
Jefferson County has 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 1.8 for every 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Jefferson County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 5,454 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $22K has gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Jefferson County.
Population estimates put the population change in Jefferson County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Jefferson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Jefferson 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 | Jefferson County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,454 | 6,347 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,037 | $1,088 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $66,114 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $838K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $22K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 60,024+9.3% since 2020
- Households
- 21,817
- Median age
- 45.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 275 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 207
- Median household income
- $66,114+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,264
- Median home value
- $229,300
- Jobs located here
- 14,077
- Daytime population
- 47,008Residents 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 |
| Jefferson County, TN | Not scored | 4 | 1.8 | $5.7M | +9.3% |
Other business types in Jefferson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Jefferson County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 optometrists and eye clinics in Jefferson County. 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 Jefferson County, TN spend on medical and dental services?
About $22.6M a year, or $1,037 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 21,817 households in Jefferson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jefferson County, TN compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Jefferson County has 1.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $5.7M, 81% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Jefferson County would have about 7, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,454 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Jefferson County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Jefferson County at 60,024 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,817 households. Median household income in Jefferson County is $66,114, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.5%, 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. Jefferson County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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