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Optometrists and eye clinics in Carbon County, WY
How Carbon County, WY 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,214 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 20% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,013
- −3.4% since 2020
See the optometrists and eye clinics around any address in Carbon County
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What this means
Households in Carbon County spend about $7.4M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,214 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per practice, 21% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
Carbon County has 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of optometrists in Carbon County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carbon County declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Carbon County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Carbon County compares
The same measures for Wyoming 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 | Carbon County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,862 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.5% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,214 | $1,250 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $70,511 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 25 |
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
- 30 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,013−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 6,116
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 7,898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $70,511+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,259
- Median home value
- $222,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,074
- Daytime population
- 14,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Carbon County?
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Top counties in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laramie County, WY | 65 | 14 | 3.2 | $3.9M | +2.2% | #299 of 1,302 |
| 2Campbell County, WY | 42 | 10 | 5.6 | $2.4M | +2.1% | #874 of 1,302 |
| 3Park County, WY | 40 | 6 | 4.5 | $2.7M | +5.1% | #910 of 1,302 |
| 4Lincoln County, WY | 40 | 5 | 6.0 | $2.2M | +7.8% | #919 of 1,302 |
| 5Fremont County, WY | 26 | 7 | 4.7 | $2.5M | +0.7% | #1,127 of 1,302 |
| 6Natrona County, WY | 24 | 22 | 6.5 | $1.9M | +0.3% | #1,158 of 1,302 |
| 7Sweetwater County, WY | 21 | 11 | 6.3 | $2M | −2.2% | #1,196 of 1,302 |
| Carbon County, WY | Not scored | 3 | 4.9 | $2.5M | −3.4% |
Other business types in Carbon 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 Carbon County, WY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 optometrists and eye clinics in Carbon County. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. No official count is published for offices of optometrists in Carbon County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Carbon County, WY spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.4M a year, or $1,214 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 6,116 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, WY compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Carbon County has 4.9 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.5M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Carbon County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Carbon County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 14,013 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,116 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $70,511, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.2%, 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. Carbon County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Carbon 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.
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