Child care · Small-town market · Alabama
Child care centers and preschools in the Enterprise, AL area
The child care centers and preschools in the Enterprise, AL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #153 of 454 scored small-town markets
#6 of 11 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.8M
- On child care and other personal services · $420 a household
- Spending per listing
- $629K
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,953
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Enterprise area comes to about $8.8M a year: $420 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $629K of household spending for each center on map listings, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Enterprise area has 14 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 6.7 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Enterprise area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 2,098 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 49 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Enterprise area grew 6.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, the Enterprise area has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #153 of 454 scored small-town markets and #6 of 11 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.
How the Enterprise area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all child care and other personal services by the child care centers and preschools 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 | Enterprise area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $629K | $845K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,098 | 2,022 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.7% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $420 | $412 | $581 |
| Median household income | $68,353 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 158
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 49Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 child care services in the Enterprise 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 Enterprise area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,953+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 20,984
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 679 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $68,353+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,186
- Median home value
- $188,600
- Jobs located here
- 16,173
- Daytime population
- 51,210Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Enterprise area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albertville, AL | 83 | 11 | 3.0 | $1.3M | +6.0% | #10 of 454 |
| 2Scottsboro, AL | 75 | 6 | 2.8 | $1.2M | +3.3% | #45 of 454 |
| 3Fort Payne, AL | 70 | 6 | 2.3 | $1.3M | +3.4% | #73 of 454 |
| 4Ozark, AL | 67 | 5 | 2.5 | $1.3M | +1.3% | #95 of 454 |
| 5Cullman, AL | 66 | 15 | 4.2 | $901K | +6.7% | #111 of 454 |
| 6Enterprise, AL | 60 | 14 | 6.7 | $629K | +6.3% | #153 of 454 |
| 7Alexander City, AL | 53 | 6 | 3.5 | $1M | −0.8% | #204 of 454 |
| 8Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 51 | 16 | 4.2 | $809K | 0.0% | #225 of 454 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 47 | 24 | 5.9 | $597K | +3.0% | #260 of 454 |
| 9Russellville, AL | 38 | 6 | 5.0 | $615K | +1.1% | #327 of 454 |
Other business types in the Enterprise 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
Child care
- Child care and preschools60
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Enterprise, AL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 child care centers and preschools in the Enterprise area. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 49 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Enterprise, AL area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $8.8M a year, or $420 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $629K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,984 households in the Enterprise area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Enterprise, AL area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Enterprise area has 6.7 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $629K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Enterprise area would have about 9, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,098 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Enterprise, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Enterprise area at 56,953 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,984 households. Median household income in the Enterprise area is $68,353, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, 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. 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 Enterprise area scores 60 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #153 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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