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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Plainview, TX area
The optometrists and eye clinics in the Plainview, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.4M
- On medical and dental services · $955 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 36,700
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 optometrist or eye clinic in the Plainview area. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Plainview area comes to about $12.4M a year: $955 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $12.4M per practice. 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 the Plainview area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,325 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Plainview area declined 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, the Plainview area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Plainview 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 | Plainview area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $12.4M | $2.6M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,325 | 5,202 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.7% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $955 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $52,707 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $995K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- 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 Plainview 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 Plainview area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,700−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,976
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,997 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $52,707
- Average household income
- $72,268
- Median home value
- $109,000
- Jobs located here
- 12,210
- Daytime population
- 32,764Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Plainview, TX | Not scored | 1 | 0.8 | $12.4M | −3.0% |
Other business types in the Plainview area
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 the Plainview, TX area?
There is 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings in the Plainview area as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Plainview, TX area spend on medical and dental services?
About $12.4M a year, or $955 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, it comes to $12.4M 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 12,976 households in the Plainview area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Plainview, TX area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Plainview area has 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Plainview area would have about 4, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,325 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Plainview, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Plainview area at 36,700 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,976 households. The median household income in the Plainview area is $52,707 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Plainview area has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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