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Optometrists and eye clinics in Lubbock County, TX

How Lubbock 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #532 of 1,302 scored counties
#26 of 78 scored counties in Texas

Listings
47
11 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$133.3M
On medical and dental services · $1,056 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
328,906
+5.6% 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

At $1,056 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Lubbock County spend about $133.3M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 47 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $2.8M per practice, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

Lubbock County has 47 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 23%, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Lubbock County classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 7,889 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $40K has gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Lubbock County.

Population estimates show Lubbock County grew 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in Lubbock County is 56 (upper middle), #532 of 1,302 scored counties and #26 of 78 scored counties in Texas.

How Lubbock 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 Lubbock County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLubbock CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.74.54.1
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment7,8895,2025,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.7%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,056$1,164$1,288
Median household income$64,155$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5635

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 16
Employees, 2023
74
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4711 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
43The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$40K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Lubbock 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 Lubbock County

Population, 2025 estimate
328,906+5.6% since 2020
Households
126,225
Median age
34.2
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
896 sq. mi.
People per square mile
356
Median household income
$64,155+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,750
Median home value
$214,100
Jobs located here
164,092
Daytime population
331,188Residents 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 Lubbock 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
26Lubbock County, TX56473.7$2.8M+5.6%#532 of 1,302

Other business types in Lubbock County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 optometrists and eye clinics in Lubbock County. 11 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.

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

About $133.3M a year, or $1,056 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 126,225 households in Lubbock County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lubbock County has 3.7 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.8M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Lubbock County would have about 43, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,889 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Lubbock County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Lubbock County at 328,906 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 126,225 households. Median household income in Lubbock County is $64,155, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Lubbock County scores 56 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #532 of 1,302 scored counties.

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