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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Bay City, TX area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in the Bay City, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #223 of 400 scored small-town markets
#10 of 21 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 5
- 3 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $15.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,004 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,463
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 optometrists and eye clinics in the Bay City area. Chain locations make up 60% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 3.2 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
At $1,004 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in the Bay City area spend about $15.5M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each practice on map listings, in line with 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Bay City area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show the Bay City area grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Bay City area scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #223 of 400 scored small-town markets and #10 of 21 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Bay City area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Bay City area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $2.6M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,202 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.7% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,004 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $58,628 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 35 |
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
- 53 chain locations
- 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 the Bay City 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 Bay City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,463+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 15,439
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,093 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $58,628+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,037
- Median home value
- $172,900
- Jobs located here
- 10,447
- Daytime population
- 29,261Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Bay City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Huntsville, TX | 70 | 7 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +9.5% | #59 of 400 |
| 2Paris, TX | 68 | 7 | 2.8 | $3.6M | +2.6% | #67 of 400 |
| 3Jacksonville, TX | 67 | 5 | 2.7 | $3.7M | +5.4% | #74 of 400 |
| 4Athens, TX | 64 | 11 | 3.3 | $3.2M | +7.5% | #95 of 400 |
| 5Palestine, TX | 62 | 5 | 2.8 | $3.5M | +3.2% | #111 of 400 |
| 6Lufkin, TX | 59 | 9 | 2.8 | $3.6M | +1.9% | #126 of 400 |
| 7Gainesville, TX | 57 | 7 | 4.2 | $2.7M | +6.5% | #147 of 400 |
| 8Mount Pleasant, TX | 54 | 8 | 3.8 | $2.6M | +2.5% | #175 of 400 |
| 9Granbury, TX | 50 | 13 | 5.1 | $2.3M | +13.6% | #213 of 400 |
| 10Bay City, TX | 48 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.1M | +0.5% | #223 of 400 |
Other business types in the Bay City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Bay City, TX area?
The Bay City area has 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in the Bay City area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Bay City, TX area spend on medical and dental services?
About $15.5M a year, or $1,004 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 15,439 households in the Bay City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bay City, TX area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Bay City area has 3.2 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.1M, in line with 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.
How fast is the Bay City, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Bay City area at 36,463 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,439 households. The median household income in the Bay City area is $58,628 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.9% 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. 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 Bay City area scores 48 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #223 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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