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Optometrists and eye clinics in Hood County, TX

How Hood 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #826 of 1,302 scored counties
#47 of 78 scored counties in Texas

Listings
13
5 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$30.3M
On medical and dental services · $1,189 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,501
+13.6% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 optometrists and eye clinics in Hood County. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Hood County comes to about $30.3M a year: $1,189 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 26% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Hood County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 4,254 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Hood County grew 13.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in Hood County is 44 (lower middle), #826 of 1,302 scored counties and #47 of 78 scored counties in Texas.

How Hood 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 Hood County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHood CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.14.54.1
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,2545,2025,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.7%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+13.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,189$1,164$1,288
Median household income$88,160$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4435

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 6
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
135 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Hood 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 Hood County

Population, 2025 estimate
70,501+13.6% since 2020
Households
25,523
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
421 sq. mi.
People per square mile
157
Median household income
$88,160+37.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,661
Median home value
$306,400
Jobs located here
16,556
Daytime population
53,520Residents 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 Hood 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
47Hood County, TX44135.1$2.3M+13.6%#826 of 1,302

Other business types in Hood County

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

Questions

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

There are 13 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Hood County as of September 2026. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.

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

About $30.3M a year, or $1,189 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 25,523 households in Hood County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hood County has 5.1 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.3M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Hood County would have about 10, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,254 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Hood County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Hood County at 70,501 people in 2025, up 13.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,523 households. The median household income in Hood County is $88,160 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.7% 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. Hood County scores 44 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #826 of 1,302 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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