Health care · County · Virginia
Optometrists and eye clinics in Staunton city, VA
How Staunton 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,021 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 26,801
- +3.8% since 2020
See the optometrists and eye clinics around any address in Staunton city
The site report maps the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Staunton city. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSurvey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure
What this means
At $1,021 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Staunton city spend about $11.5M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $5.8M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
There are 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Staunton city as of September 2026. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Staunton city, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Staunton city grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Staunton city isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Staunton 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 | Staunton city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $5.8M | $3.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,303 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.6% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,021 | $1,264 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $65,581 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- 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 Staunton 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 Staunton city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,801+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 11,309
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 20 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,303
- Median household income
- $65,581+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,942
- Median home value
- $259,200
- Jobs located here
- 11,910
- Daytime population
- 25,488Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Staunton city?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings by name and distance.
Or open the report at the center of Staunton city. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardOptometrists and eye care across Virginia
Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Staunton city marked.
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 |
| Staunton city, VA | Not scored | 2 | 1.8 | $5.8M | +3.8% |
Other business types in Staunton city
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 Staunton city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 optometrists and eye clinics in Staunton city. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Staunton city: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Staunton city, VA spend on medical and dental services?
About $11.5M a year, or $1,021 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 11,309 households in Staunton city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Staunton city, VA compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Staunton city has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Staunton city would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Staunton city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Staunton city at 26,801 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,309 households. Median household income in Staunton city is $65,581, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Staunton city has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Staunton city. It maps the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for optometrists and eye clinics · All 56 business types in Staunton city
Screening a site or an acquisition in Staunton city?
A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.
The button opens the report at the center of Staunton city. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.