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Optometrists and eye clinics in Gonzales County, TX
How Gonzales County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.7M
- On medical and dental services · $968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,159
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 optometrists and eye clinics in Gonzales County. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Households in Gonzales County spend about $7.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $968 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $2.6M per practice, 18% below 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 Gonzales County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Gonzales County grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Gonzales County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Gonzales County 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 | Gonzales County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $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 | +2.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $968 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $58,672 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Gonzales 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 Gonzales County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,159+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,926
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,067 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $58,672+9.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,588
- Median home value
- $159,100
- Jobs located here
- 6,995
- Daytime population
- 17,515Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, TX | 84 | 15 | 2.3 | $5.1M | +20.5% | #19 of 1,302 |
| 2Guadalupe County, TX | 84 | 16 | 2.4 | $5M | +15.8% | #21 of 1,302 |
| 3Liberty County, TX | 81 | 7 | 2.2 | $4.8M | +31.3% | #45 of 1,302 |
| 4Ellis County, TX | 81 | 23 | 3.2 | $3.9M | +24.0% | #48 of 1,302 |
| 5Kaufman County, TX | 80 | 13 | 2.5 | $4.7M | +42.2% | #55 of 1,302 |
| 6Bastrop County, TX | 79 | 6 | 1.6 | $7.3M | +21.3% | #58 of 1,302 |
| 7Parker County, TX | 78 | 15 | 2.7 | $4.9M | +23.5% | #79 of 1,302 |
| 8San Patricio County, TX | 72 | 6 | 2.4 | $4.5M | +4.7% | #160 of 1,302 |
| 9Chambers County, TX | 71 | 7 | 4.1 | $3.2M | +22.6% | #192 of 1,302 |
| 10Harrison County, TX | 69 | 5 | 1.9 | $5.4M | +4.6% | #210 of 1,302 |
| Gonzales County, TX | Not scored | 3 | 3.8 | $2.6M | +2.5% |
Other business types in Gonzales 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Gonzales County, TX?
Gonzales County has 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Gonzales County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Gonzales County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.7M a year, or $968 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 7,926 households in Gonzales County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gonzales County, TX compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Gonzales County has 3.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.6M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Gonzales County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Gonzales County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Gonzales County at 20,159 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,926 households. The median household income in Gonzales County is $58,672 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 9.5% 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. Gonzales County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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