Groundwork

Health care · County · Wisconsin

Optometrists and eye clinics in Vilas County, WI

How Vilas County, WI 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
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$14.9M
On medical and dental services · $1,333 a household
Spending per listing
$7.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
23,761
+2.9% since 2020

See the optometrists and eye clinics around any address in Vilas County

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 Vilas County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $1,333 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in Vilas County spend about $14.9M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $7.4M of household spending for each practice on map listings. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

Vilas County has 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Vilas County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Vilas County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Vilas County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Vilas County 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 Vilas County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureVilas CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.84.14.1
Spending per listing$7.4M$3.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,8315,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.2%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,333$1,435$1,288
Median household income$68,431$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored71

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
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Vilas 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 Vilas County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,761+2.9% since 2020
Households
11,147
Median age
53.2
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
858 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$68,431+45.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,583
Median home value
$300,000
Jobs located here
7,876
Daytime population
22,608Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Vilas County?

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 Vilas County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Optometrists and eye care across Wisconsin

Every Wisconsin market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Vilas County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, WI82173.0$5.2M+1.8%#36 of 1,302
2Eau Claire County, WI80153.4$4.2M+3.0%#57 of 1,302
3Rock County, WI78203.0$4.7M+1.7%#80 of 1,302
4Dodge County, WI7792.5$5.5M−0.3%#89 of 1,302
5Portage County, WI7662.0$6.9M+2.2%#106 of 1,302
6Calumet County, WI7662.8$5.4M+2.9%#108 of 1,302
7Chippewa County, WI7672.6$5.3M+1.9%#109 of 1,302
8Walworth County, WI74122.8$5.3M+0.8%#129 of 1,302
9Grant County, WI7252.5$5.3M+0.9%#157 of 1,302
10Marathon County, WI71193.3$4.3M+1.0%#183 of 1,302
Vilas County, WINot scored21.8$7.4M+2.9%

Other business types in Vilas County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Vilas County, WI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 optometrists and eye clinics in Vilas County. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Vilas County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Vilas County, WI spend on medical and dental services?

About $14.9M a year, or $1,333 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $7.4M 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 11,147 households in Vilas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Vilas County 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, Vilas County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Vilas County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Vilas County at 23,761 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,147 households. Median household income in Vilas County is $68,431, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 45.4%, 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. Vilas County 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 Vilas County. 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 Vilas County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Vilas County?

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 Vilas County. 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.