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Optometrists and eye clinics in Val Verde County, TX

How Val Verde 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 4.

Listings
4
2 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,006 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
35% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
47,835
+0.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 optometrists and eye clinics in Val Verde County. That comes to 2.4 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

At $1,006 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Val Verde County spend about $16.9M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 35% above 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.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Val Verde County in 2023. That is one for every 5,603 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $357K has gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Val Verde County.

Population estimates put the population change in Val Verde County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Val Verde County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Val Verde 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 Val Verde County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureVal Verde CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.44.54.1
Spending per listing$4.2M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,6035,2025,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.7%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,006$1,164$1,288
Median household income$66,100$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored35

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$330K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
42 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$357K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
47,835+0.5% since 2020
Households
16,810
Median age
33.7
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,145 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$66,100+43.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,305
Median home value
$164,600
Jobs located here
15,742
Daytime population
44,595Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Texas

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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
Val Verde County, TXNot scored42.4$4.2M+0.5%

Other business types in Val Verde County

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

Questions

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

Val Verde County has 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings 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 Val Verde County, TX spend on medical and dental services?

About $16.9M a year, or $1,006 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 16,810 households in Val Verde County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Val Verde County has 2.4 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $4.2M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Val Verde County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,603 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Val Verde County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Val Verde County at 47,835 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,810 households. The median household income in Val Verde County is $66,100 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.2% 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. Val Verde County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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