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Optometrists and eye clinics in Gregg County, TX

How Gregg 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 · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,114 of 1,302 scored counties
#69 of 78 scored counties in Texas

Listings
28
8 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$50.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,044 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
43% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.8
41% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
126,095
+1.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For optometrists and eye clinics, Gregg County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #1,114 of 1,302 scored counties and #69 of 78 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Gregg County spend about $50.4M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,044 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $1.8M per practice, 43% 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 28 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Gregg County as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 29%, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 41% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Gregg County classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 5,364 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Gregg County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Gregg 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.

Optometrists and eye care in Gregg County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGregg CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.84.54.1
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,3645,2025,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.7%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,044$1,164$1,288
Median household income$66,550$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2835

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 9
Employees, 2023
92
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
288 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Gregg 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 Gregg County

Population, 2025 estimate
126,095+1.4% since 2020
Households
48,277
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
273 sq. mi.
People per square mile
459
Median household income
$66,550+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,869
Median home value
$203,400
Jobs located here
76,302
Daytime population
146,893Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Texas, with Gregg County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, TX84152.3$5.1M+20.5%#19 of 1,302
2Guadalupe County, TX84162.4$5M+15.8%#21 of 1,302
3Liberty County, TX8172.2$4.8M+31.3%#45 of 1,302
4Ellis County, TX81233.2$3.9M+24.0%#48 of 1,302
5Kaufman County, TX80132.5$4.7M+42.2%#55 of 1,302
6Bastrop County, TX7961.6$7.3M+21.3%#58 of 1,302
7Parker County, TX78152.7$4.9M+23.5%#79 of 1,302
8San Patricio County, TX7262.4$4.5M+4.7%#160 of 1,302
9Chambers County, TX7174.1$3.2M+22.6%#192 of 1,302
10Harrison County, TX6951.9$5.4M+4.6%#210 of 1,302
69Gregg County, TX28285.8$1.8M+1.4%#1,114 of 1,302

Other business types in Gregg County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Gregg County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 28 optometrists and eye clinics in Gregg County. 8 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.

How much do households in Gregg County, TX spend on medical and dental services?

About $50.4M a year, or $1,044 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 48,277 households in Gregg County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Gregg County, TX compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

Gregg County has 5.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.8M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Gregg County would have about 16, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,364 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Gregg County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Gregg County at 126,095 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 48,277 households. Median household income in Gregg County is $66,550, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.6%, 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. Gregg County scores 28 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #1,114 of 1,302 scored counties.

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