Health care · Metro area · Wisconsin
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Wausau, WI metro area
How the Wausau, WI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #51 of 386 scored metro areas
#4 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 19
- 5 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $82M
- On medical and dental services · $1,416 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 38% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 139,432
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,416 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in the Wausau metro area spend about $82M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 19 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $4.3M per practice, 38% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
The Wausau metro area has 19 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Wausau metro area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 6,430 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Wausau metro area grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Wausau metro area scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #51 of 386 scored metro areas and #4 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Wausau metro 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.
| Measure | Wausau metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $3.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,430 | 6,831 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.2% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,416 | $1,435 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $77,884 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 100
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 195 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Wausau metro 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 Wausau metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,432+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 57,866
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 90
- Median household income
- $77,884
- Average household income
- $97,899
- Median home value
- $219,600
- Jobs located here
- 72,449
- Daytime population
- 141,458Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Wausau metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Janesville-Beloit, WI | 77 | 20 | 3.0 | $4.7M | +1.7% | #20 of 386 |
| 2Eau Claire, WI | 77 | 22 | 3.1 | $4.6M | +2.6% | #21 of 386 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 76 | 572 | 3.9 | $4.2M | +2.6% | #24 of 386 |
| 3Madison, WI | 70 | 139 | 4.6 | $3.4M | +4.1% | #47 of 386 |
| 4Wausau, WI | 69 | 19 | 3.3 | $4.3M | +1.0% | #51 of 386 |
| 5La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 67 | 19 | 2.6 | $5.3M | +0.4% | #65 of 386 |
| 6Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 63 | 290 | 4.4 | $3.3M | 0.0% | #95 of 386 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 59 | 50 | 4.2 | $3.3M | +0.2% | #114 of 386 |
| 7Appleton, WI | 54 | 46 | 4.6 | $3.2M | +2.7% | #158 of 386 |
| 8Green Bay, WI | 54 | 79 | 5.8 | $2.5M | +2.5% | #164 of 386 |
Other business types in the Wausau metro 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 clinics69
- Dentists and orthodontists68
- Primary care and pediatrics67
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors40
- Physical therapy73
- Optometrists and eye care69
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Wausau, WI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 optometrists and eye clinics in the Wausau metro area. 5 of them (26%) 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 Wausau, WI metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $82M a year, or $1,416 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 57,866 households in the Wausau metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wausau, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Wausau metro area has 3.3 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $4.3M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Wausau metro area would have about 26, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,430 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Wausau, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wausau metro area at 139,432 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,866 households. Median household income in the Wausau metro area is $77,884, 4% 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. 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 Wausau metro area scores 69 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #51 of 386 scored metro areas.
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