Health care · Small-town market · Utah
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Cedar City, UT area
The optometrists and eye clinics in the Cedar City, UT area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #218 of 400 scored small-town markets
#3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Utah
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24M
- On medical and dental services · $1,193 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,141
- +16.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Cedar City area comes to about $24M a year: $1,193 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $2.7M per practice, 15% 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 9 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Cedar City area as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Cedar City area in 2023. That is one for every 2,880 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Cedar City area grew 16.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in the Cedar City area is 49 (lower middle), #218 of 400 scored small-town markets and #3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Utah.
How the Cedar City area compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Cedar City area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,880 | 5,256 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.4% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,193 | $1,398 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $66,247 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Cedar City 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 Cedar City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,141+16.4% since 2020
- Households
- 20,157
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,296 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $66,247+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,495
- Median home value
- $379,000
- Jobs located here
- 23,946
- Daytime population
- 58,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Utah for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Utah, with the Cedar City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Heber, UT | 90 | 10 | 3.5 | $4.7M | +5.3% | #3 of 400 |
| 2Brigham City, UT-ID | 68 | 8 | 3.7 | $3.4M | +12.6% | #70 of 400 |
| 3Cedar City, UT | 49 | 9 | 4.5 | $2.7M | +16.4% | #218 of 400 |
Other business types in the Cedar City 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics36
- Dentists and orthodontists33
- Primary care and pediatrics45
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors39
- Physical therapy53
- Optometrists and eye care49
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Cedar City, UT area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 optometrists and eye clinics in the Cedar City area. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Cedar City, UT area spend on medical and dental services?
About $24M a year, or $1,193 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 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 20,157 households in the Cedar City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cedar City, UT area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Cedar City area has 4.5 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.7M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Cedar City area would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,880 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cedar City, UT area growing?
Population estimates put the Cedar City area at 67,141 people in 2025, up 16.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,157 households. Median household income in the Cedar City area is $66,247, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. 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 Cedar City area scores 49 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #218 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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