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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Sparta, WI area

How the Sparta, WI 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 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24.6M
On medical and dental services · $1,342 a household
Spending per listing
$8.2M
2.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.6
61% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,572
+0.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 optometrists and eye clinics in the Sparta area. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Sparta area comes to about $24.6M a year: $1,342 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $8.2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 2.6 times 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 3 businesses with payroll in the Sparta area classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 6,100 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Sparta area grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, the Sparta area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Sparta area compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Sparta, WI area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureSparta areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.64.14.1
Spending per listing$8.2M$3.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment6,1006,8315,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.2%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,342$1,435$1,288
Median household income$69,467$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored71

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$936K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Sparta 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 Sparta area

Population, 2025 estimate
46,572+0.6% since 2020
Households
18,301
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
901 sq. mi.
People per square mile
51
Median household income
$69,467
Average household income
$87,535
Median home value
$210,000
Jobs located here
19,806
Daytime population
44,513Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Wisconsin

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

Top small-town markets in Wisconsin

Small-town markets in Wisconsin ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stevens Point-Plover, WI8662.0$6.9M+2.2%#4 of 400
2Beaver Dam, WI8392.5$5.5M−0.3%#9 of 400
3Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI82122.8$5.3M+0.8%#12 of 400
4Platteville, WI7952.5$5.3M+0.9%#19 of 400
5Baraboo, WI76113.9$3.6M+1.3%#28 of 400
6Marinette, WI-MI71113.7$3.4M+0.3%#53 of 400
7Manitowoc, WI64154.3$3.1M+0.4%#96 of 400
8Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI63185.2$2.8M+0.3%#105 of 400
9Rice Lake, WI5184.0$3.3M−0.5%#196 of 400
10Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI51165.0$2.7M−0.2%#200 of 400
Sparta, WINot scored31.6$8.2M+0.6%

Other business types in the Sparta 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 Sparta, WI area?

The Sparta area has 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Sparta, WI area spend on medical and dental services?

About $24.6M a year, or $1,342 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $8.2M 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 18,301 households in the Sparta area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Sparta, WI area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

The Sparta area has 1.6 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $8.2M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Sparta area would have about 8, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,100 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is the Sparta, WI area growing?

Population estimates put the Sparta area at 46,572 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,301 households. The median household income in the Sparta area is $69,467 a year, 14% 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 Sparta area has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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