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Optometrists and eye clinics in Hardy County, WV
The optometrists and eye clinics in Hardy County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.6M
- On medical and dental services · $947 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 14,337
- +0.7% since 2020
See the optometrists and eye clinics around any address in Hardy County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 optometrist or eye clinic in Hardy County. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households.
Households in Hardy County spend about $5.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $947 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.6M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Hardy County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hardy County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, Hardy County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Hardy County 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 | Hardy County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,336 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.5% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $947 | $1,005 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $49,272 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 27 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Hardy County, 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 Hardy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,337+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,954
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 582 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $49,272+3.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,673
- Median home value
- $166,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,666
- Daytime population
- 13,105Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Hardy County?
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 86 | 8 | 1.6 | $7.2M | +13.7% | #11 of 1,302 |
| 2Jefferson County, WV | 68 | 8 | 3.5 | $3.6M | +9.2% | #236 of 1,302 |
| 3Putnam County, WV | 54 | 8 | 3.4 | $3.4M | −1.0% | #583 of 1,302 |
| 4Monongalia County, WV | 52 | 17 | 3.8 | $2.9M | +2.0% | #643 of 1,302 |
| 5Marion County, WV | 41 | 7 | 3.0 | $3.4M | −1.2% | #885 of 1,302 |
| 6Mercer County, WV | 33 | 7 | 2.9 | $3.3M | −3.4% | #1,031 of 1,302 |
| 7Cabell County, WV | 21 | 20 | 5.1 | $1.9M | −3.2% | #1,197 of 1,302 |
| 8Jackson County, WV | 20 | 5 | 4.3 | $2.3M | −1.0% | #1,202 of 1,302 |
| 9Wood County, WV | 19 | 20 | 5.6 | $1.8M | −2.1% | #1,210 of 1,302 |
| 10Kanawha County, WV | 16 | 42 | 5.5 | $1.8M | −4.3% | #1,239 of 1,302 |
| Hardy County, WV | Not scored | 1 | 1.7 | $5.6M | +0.7% |
Other business types in Hardy County
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 Hardy County, WV?
There is 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings in Hardy County as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Hardy County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hardy County, WV spend on medical and dental services?
About $5.6M a year, or $947 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 5,954 households in Hardy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardy County, WV compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Hardy County has 1 optometrist or eye clinic on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Hardy County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Hardy County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Hardy County at 14,337 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,954 households. The median household income in Hardy County is $49,272 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 3.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Hardy County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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