Child care · Metro area · Alaska
Child care centers and preschools in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
The child care centers and preschools in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #103 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Alaska
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $26.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $736 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 91% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $736 per household (27% above the U.S. average), households in the Fairbanks-College metro area spend about $26.7M a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each center on map listings, 91% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Fairbanks-College metro 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 3.9 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 25 businesses with payroll in the Fairbanks-College metro area classed as child care services, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,454 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 146 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Fairbanks-College metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in the Fairbanks-College metro area is 61 (upper middle), #103 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Alaska.
How the Fairbanks-College metro area compares
The same measures for Alaska 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 | Fairbanks-College metro area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.6M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,454 | 1,564 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +0.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $736 | $778 | $581 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 250.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 251
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 146Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Fairbanks-College 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 Fairbanks-College metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alaska for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Alaska, with the Fairbanks-College metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anchorage, AK | 70 | 76 | 5.1 | $1.6M | +1.9% | #55 of 387 |
| 2Fairbanks-College, AK | 61 | 14 | 3.9 | $1.9M | −1.4% | #103 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fairbanks-College 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
Child care
- Child care and preschools61
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 child care centers and preschools in the Fairbanks-College metro area. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 146 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $26.7M a year, or $736 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,359 households in the Fairbanks-College metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Fairbanks-College metro area has 3.9 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.9M, 91% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Fairbanks-College metro area would have about 27, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,454 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fairbanks-College metro area at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. Median household income in the Fairbanks-College metro area is $88,267, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.6%, 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. The Fairbanks-College metro area scores 61 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #103 of 387 scored metro areas.
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