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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Oak Harbor, WA area

How the Oak Harbor, WA area compares with other small-town markets 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
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$48.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,353 a household
Spending per listing
$12.2M
3.9 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.1
73% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
85,657
−1.5% 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

At $1,353 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in the Oak Harbor area spend about $48.7M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $12.2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 3.9 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

There are 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Oak Harbor area as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.1, 73% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Oak Harbor area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 11,991 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Oak Harbor area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, the Oak Harbor area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Oak Harbor area compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Oak Harbor, WA area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureOak Harbor areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.13.64.1
Spending per listing$12.2M$4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment11,9915,6245,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.4%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,353$1,446$1,288
Median household income$90,551$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored75

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$318K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Oak Harbor 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 Oak Harbor area

Population, 2025 estimate
85,657−1.5% since 2020
Households
35,972
Median age
46.9
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
209 sq. mi.
People per square mile
416
Median household income
$90,551+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,035
Median home value
$593,300
Jobs located here
16,025
Daytime population
70,254Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Washington

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Oak Harbor area marked.

Top small-town markets in Washington

Small-town markets in Washington ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Moses Lake, WA7782.3$5.4M+6.3%#25 of 400
2Aberdeen, WA7082.6$4.4M+3.0%#55 of 400
3Ellensburg, WA6463.0$4.3M+4.2%#89 of 400
4Centralia, WA62144.3$2.9M+6.7%#115 of 400
5Port Angeles, WA60133.7$3.3M+1.1%#125 of 400
6Pullman, WA33126.4$1.8M+1.5%#326 of 400
Oak Harbor, WANot scored41.1$12.2M−1.5%

Other business types in the Oak Harbor area

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Oak Harbor, WA area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 optometrists and eye clinics in the Oak Harbor area. 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 the Oak Harbor, WA area spend on medical and dental services?

About $48.7M a year, or $1,353 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $12.2M 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 35,972 households in the Oak Harbor area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oak Harbor, WA area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

The Oak Harbor area has 1.1 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $12.2M, 3.9 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Oak Harbor area would have about 16, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,991 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is the Oak Harbor, WA area growing?

Population estimates put the Oak Harbor area at 85,657 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,972 households. Median household income in the Oak Harbor area is $90,551, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.0%, 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 Oak Harbor area 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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