Health care · Metro area · Tennessee
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Johnson City, TN metro area
How the Johnson City, TN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #209 of 386 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 25
- 8 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $88.7M
- On medical and dental services · $997 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 216,416
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 optometrists and eye clinics in the Johnson City metro area. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
At $997 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in the Johnson City metro area spend about $88.7M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 13% above 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 16 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Johnson City metro area in 2023. That is one for every 5,561 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Johnson City metro area grew 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Johnson City metro area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #209 of 386 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Johnson City metro 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 | Johnson City metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,561 | 6,347 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $997 | $1,088 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $57,762 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 113
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 258 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Johnson City metro 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 Johnson City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 216,416+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 88,979
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 854 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 247
- Median household income
- $57,762+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,488
- Median home value
- $219,200
- Jobs located here
- 82,986
- Daytime population
- 208,127Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Johnson City metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Knoxville, TN | 59 | 130 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +6.9% | #116 of 386 |
| 2Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 56 | 327 | 3.9 | $3M | +8.7% | #138 of 386 |
| 3Clarksville, TN-KY | 52 | 44 | 3.5 | $3M | +8.5% | #184 of 386 |
| 4Johnson City, TN | 49 | 25 | 2.8 | $3.5M | +4.3% | #209 of 386 |
| 5Morristown, TN | 49 | 15 | 3.1 | $3.2M | +7.9% | #210 of 386 |
| 6Chattanooga, TN-GA | 41 | 90 | 3.9 | $2.8M | +5.3% | #278 of 386 |
| 7Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 38 | 45 | 3.4 | $2.9M | +2.3% | #295 of 386 |
| 8Cleveland, TN | 37 | 21 | 4.2 | $2.5M | +6.1% | #304 of 386 |
| 9Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 35 | 200 | 3.8 | $2.8M | −0.3% | #310 of 386 |
| 10Jackson, TN | 12 | 47 | 6.5 | $1.5M | +2.2% | #379 of 386 |
Other business types in the Johnson City metro 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 clinics51
- Dentists and orthodontists56
- Primary care and pediatrics38
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics29
- Chiropractors46
- Physical therapy43
- Optometrists and eye care49
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Johnson City, TN metro area?
There are 25 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Johnson City metro area as of September 2026. 8 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Johnson City, TN metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $88.7M a year, or $997 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 88,979 households in the Johnson City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Johnson City, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Johnson City metro area has 2.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.5M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Johnson City metro area would have about 28, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,561 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Johnson City, TN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Johnson City metro area at 216,416 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,979 households. The median household income in the Johnson City metro area is $57,762 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.0% 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. The Johnson City metro area scores 49 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #209 of 386 scored metro areas.
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