Health care · Small-town market · Texas
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Big Spring, TX area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for optometrists and eye clinics in the Big Spring, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #383 of 400 scored small-town markets
#20 of 21 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.2M
- On medical and dental services · $1,079 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,504
- −12.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in the Big Spring area is 17 (low), #383 of 400 scored small-town markets and #20 of 21 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Big Spring area comes to about $13.2M a year: $1,079 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per practice, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
There are 7 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Big Spring area as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.7, 39% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in the Big Spring area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Big Spring area declined 12.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Big Spring 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 | Big Spring area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $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 | −12.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,079 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $69,649 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 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
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Big Spring 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 Big Spring area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,504−12.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,191
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 901 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $69,649+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,688
- Median home value
- $155,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,735
- Daytime population
- 29,322Residents 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 Big Spring 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 |
| 20Big Spring, TX | 17 | 7 | 5.7 | $1.9M | −12.4% | #383 of 400 |
Other business types in the Big Spring 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 Big Spring, TX area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 optometrists and eye clinics in the Big Spring area. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in the Big Spring area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Big Spring, TX area spend on medical and dental services?
About $13.2M a year, or $1,079 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 12,191 households in the Big Spring area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Big Spring, TX area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Big Spring area has 5.7 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.9M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Big Spring area would have about 4, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is the Big Spring, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Big Spring area at 30,504 people in 2025, down 12.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,191 households. Median household income in the Big Spring area is $69,649, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. 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 Big Spring area scores 17 for optometrists and eye clinics (low), #383 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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