Health care · Small-town market · West Virginia
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Bluefield, WV-VA area
How the Bluefield, WV-VA 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 · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #376 of 400 scored small-town markets
#3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in West Virginia
- Listings
- 20
- 2 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.4M
- On medical and dental services · $949 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 20% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 96,138
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in the Bluefield area is 20 (low), #376 of 400 scored small-town markets and #3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 optometrists and eye clinics in the Bluefield area. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
At $949 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in the Bluefield area spend about $38.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Bluefield area classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 4,502 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bluefield area declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Bluefield area compares
The same measures for West 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 | Bluefield area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,502 | 6,336 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.5% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $949 | $1,005 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $50,550 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 202 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Bluefield 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 Bluefield area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 96,138−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 40,514
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 938 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 105
- Median household income
- $50,550
- Average household income
- $70,787
- Median home value
- $120,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,948
- Daytime population
- 95,290Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in West Virginia for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bluefield area marked.
Top small-town markets in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fairmont, WV | 48 | 7 | 3.0 | $3.4M | −1.2% | #222 of 400 |
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 48 | 14 | 3.6 | $2.7M | −1.3% | #227 of 400 |
| 2Clarksburg, WV | 20 | 18 | 5.1 | $2M | −2.4% | #375 of 400 |
| 3Bluefield, WV-VA | 20 | 20 | 4.9 | $1.9M | −3.8% | #376 of 400 |
| 4Elkins, WV | 17 | 5 | 4.7 | $2.1M | −3.6% | #382 of 400 |
Other business types in the Bluefield 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 clinics17
- Dentists and orthodontists32
- Primary care and pediatrics13
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors46
- Physical therapy32
- Optometrists and eye care20
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Bluefield, WV-VA area?
There are 20 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Bluefield area as of September 2026. 2 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Bluefield, WV-VA area spend on medical and dental services?
About $38.4M a year, or $949 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,514 households in the Bluefield area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bluefield, WV-VA area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Bluefield area has 4.9 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $1.9M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Bluefield area would have about 12, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,502 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bluefield, WV-VA area growing?
Population estimates put the Bluefield area at 96,138 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 40,514 households. The median household income in the Bluefield area is $50,550 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Bluefield area scores 20 for optometrists and eye clinics (low), #376 of 400 scored small-town markets.
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