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Optometrists and eye clinics in Wood County, TX
How Wood 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #646 of 1,302 scored counties
#36 of 78 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19M
- On medical and dental services · $1,019 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,688
- +10.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,019 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Wood County spend about $19M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $2.7M per practice, 13% 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 7 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Wood County as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 29%, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 3.7 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Wood County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 6,224 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wood County grew 10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, Wood County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #646 of 1,302 scored counties and #36 of 78 scored counties in Texas.
How Wood 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.
| Measure | Wood County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.6M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,224 | 5,202 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.7% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,019 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $60,300 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 72 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Wood 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 Wood County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,688+10.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,672
- Median age
- 47.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 645 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $60,300+12.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,843
- Median home value
- $216,500
- Jobs located here
- 10,092
- Daytime population
- 39,806Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, TX | 84 | 15 | 2.3 | $5.1M | +20.5% | #19 of 1,302 |
| 2Guadalupe County, TX | 84 | 16 | 2.4 | $5M | +15.8% | #21 of 1,302 |
| 3Liberty County, TX | 81 | 7 | 2.2 | $4.8M | +31.3% | #45 of 1,302 |
| 4Ellis County, TX | 81 | 23 | 3.2 | $3.9M | +24.0% | #48 of 1,302 |
| 5Kaufman County, TX | 80 | 13 | 2.5 | $4.7M | +42.2% | #55 of 1,302 |
| 6Bastrop County, TX | 79 | 6 | 1.6 | $7.3M | +21.3% | #58 of 1,302 |
| 7Parker County, TX | 78 | 15 | 2.7 | $4.9M | +23.5% | #79 of 1,302 |
| 8San Patricio County, TX | 72 | 6 | 2.4 | $4.5M | +4.7% | #160 of 1,302 |
| 9Chambers County, TX | 71 | 7 | 4.1 | $3.2M | +22.6% | #192 of 1,302 |
| 10Harrison County, TX | 69 | 5 | 1.9 | $5.4M | +4.6% | #210 of 1,302 |
| 36Wood County, TX | 52 | 7 | 3.7 | $2.7M | +10.3% | #646 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Wood County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Wood County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 optometrists and eye clinics in Wood County. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. 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 Wood County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $19M a year, or $1,019 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 18,672 households in Wood County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wood County, TX compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Wood 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 $2.7M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Wood County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,224 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Wood County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Wood County at 49,688 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,672 households. Median household income in Wood County is $60,300, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.9%, 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. Wood County scores 52 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #646 of 1,302 scored counties.
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