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Child care centers and preschools in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
How Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #390 of 1,611 scored counties
#3 of 6 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.8M
- On child care and other personal services · $688 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,951
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 child care centers and preschools in Kenai Peninsula Borough. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Kenai Peninsula Borough comes to about $16.8M a year: $688 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. Spread across 14 child care centers and preschools, that is $1.2M per center, 20% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Kenai Peninsula Borough classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,108 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 44 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Kenai Peninsula Borough from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, Kenai Peninsula Borough has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #390 of 1,611 scored counties and #3 of 6 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Kenai Peninsula Borough 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 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.6M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,108 | 1,564 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $688 | $778 | $581 |
| Median household income | $80,538 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 140
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 44Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough, 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,951+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,371
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 16,017 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $80,538+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,973
- Median home value
- $323,200
- 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 counties in Alaska for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Kenai Peninsula Borough marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 78 | 19 | 4.8 | $1.6M | +10.4% | #111 of 1,611 |
| 2Anchorage Municipality, AK | 67 | 57 | 5.2 | $1.6M | −1.3% | #332 of 1,611 |
| 3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 65 | 14 | 5.7 | $1.2M | +5.1% | #390 of 1,611 |
| 4Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 64 | 14 | 3.9 | $1.9M | −1.4% | #413 of 1,611 |
| 5Juneau City and Borough, AK | 58 | 9 | 6.8 | $1.2M | −1.8% | #589 of 1,611 |
| 6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 47 | 6 | 10.5 | $698K | −2.6% | #905 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Kenai Peninsula Borough
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 preschools65
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 14 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 44 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK spend on child care and other personal services?
About $16.8M a year, or $688 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,371 households in Kenai Peninsula Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 5.7 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.2M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Kenai Peninsula Borough would have about 17, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,108 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Kenai Peninsula Borough at 61,951 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,371 households. The median household income in Kenai Peninsula Borough is $80,538 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Kenai Peninsula Borough scores 65 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #390 of 1,611 scored counties.
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