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Optometrists and eye clinics in Danville city, VA
How Danville city, VA 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 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,199 of 1,302 scored counties
#43 of 53 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 11
- 3 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.2M
- On medical and dental services · $902 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,647
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in Danville city is 21 (low), #1,199 of 1,302 scored counties and #43 of 53 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Danville city spend about $17.2M a year on medical and dental services, or $902 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
Danville city has 11 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 41% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Danville city classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 6,355 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Population estimates show Danville city declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Danville city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Danville city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $3.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,355 | 6,303 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.6% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $902 | $1,264 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $44,423 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $899K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 113 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 Danville city, 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 Danville city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,647−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 19,066
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 43 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 986
- Median household income
- $44,423+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,871
- Median home value
- $119,100
- Jobs located here
- 24,865
- Daytime population
- 50,398Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stafford County, VA | 92 | 12 | 2.3 | $6.6M | +8.3% | #2 of 1,302 |
| 2Fauquier County, VA | 84 | 7 | 2.6 | $5.6M | +4.8% | #17 of 1,302 |
| 3Richmond city, VA | 80 | 14 | 1.3 | $8.1M | +4.6% | #49 of 1,302 |
| 4Alexandria city, VA | 78 | 26 | 3.4 | $4.1M | +1.0% | #83 of 1,302 |
| 5Bedford County, VA | 77 | 6 | 1.8 | $6.3M | +4.4% | #87 of 1,302 |
| 6Arlington County, VA | 75 | 45 | 4.0 | $3.8M | +2.1% | #126 of 1,302 |
| 7Spotsylvania County, VA | 73 | 17 | 3.2 | $4.1M | +10.5% | #150 of 1,302 |
| 8Chesterfield County, VA | 73 | 44 | 3.1 | $4.1M | +8.7% | #151 of 1,302 |
| 9Loudoun County, VA | 68 | 70 | 4.9 | $3.5M | +6.4% | #242 of 1,302 |
| 10York County, VA | 66 | 5 | 1.9 | $7.3M | +1.6% | #272 of 1,302 |
| 43Danville city, VA | 21 | 11 | 5.8 | $1.6M | −2.2% | #1,199 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Danville city
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Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Danville city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 optometrists and eye clinics in Danville city. 3 of them (27%) 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 Danville city, VA spend on medical and dental services?
About $17.2M a year, or $902 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 19,066 households in Danville city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Danville city, VA compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Danville city has 5.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.6M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Danville city would have about 6, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,355 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Danville city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Danville city at 41,647 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,066 households. Median household income in Danville city is $44,423, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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. Danville city scores 21 for optometrists and eye clinics (low), #1,199 of 1,302 scored counties.
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