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Child care centers and preschools in Coconino County, AZ
The child care centers and preschools in Coconino County, AZ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #95 of 1,611 scored counties
#7 of 10 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 25
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.8M
- On child care and other personal services · $649 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 144,368
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Coconino County scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #95 of 1,611 scored counties and #7 of 10 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for child care centers and preschools.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 child care centers and preschools in Coconino County. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
At $649 per household (12% above the U.S. average), households in Coconino County spend about $35.8M a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each center on map listings, 43% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Coconino County classed as child care services. That is one for every 4,593 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Coconino County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Coconino County compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | Coconino County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,593 | 2,960 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $649 | $682 | $581 |
| Median household income | $72,966 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 90 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 219
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 79Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 251 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 Coconino 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 Coconino County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 144,368−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 55,118
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 18,616 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $72,966+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,878
- Median home value
- $448,000
- Jobs located here
- 59,472
- Daytime population
- 148,186Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Coconino County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 96 | 46 | 2.8 | $2.2M | +25.4% | #1 of 1,611 |
| 2Yavapai County, AZ | 92 | 33 | 3.0 | $2M | +6.5% | #6 of 1,611 |
| 3Maricopa County, AZ | 90 | 736 | 4.3 | $1.8M | +5.5% | #17 of 1,611 |
| 4Mohave County, AZ | 87 | 32 | 3.1 | $1.6M | +6.5% | #26 of 1,611 |
| 5Pima County, AZ | 84 | 159 | 3.6 | $1.7M | +2.8% | #44 of 1,611 |
| 6Navajo County, AZ | 83 | 9 | 2.2 | $2M | +3.0% | #50 of 1,611 |
| 7Coconino County, AZ | 79 | 25 | 4.5 | $1.4M | −0.6% | #95 of 1,611 |
| 8Yuma County, AZ | 70 | 44 | 5.5 | $881K | +9.2% | #270 of 1,611 |
| 9Cochise County, AZ | 64 | 21 | 4.1 | $1.2M | +0.6% | #421 of 1,611 |
| 10Santa Cruz County, AZ | 60 | 9 | 5.3 | $833K | +4.8% | #555 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Coconino 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
- Child care and preschools79
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Coconino County, AZ?
There are 25 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Coconino County as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 79 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Coconino County, AZ spend on child care and other personal services?
About $35.8M a year, or $649 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,118 households in Coconino County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Coconino County, AZ compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Coconino County has 4.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.4M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Coconino County would have about 36, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,593 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Coconino County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Coconino County at 144,368 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,118 households. The median household income in Coconino County is $72,966 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Coconino County scores 79 for child care centers and preschools (high), #95 of 1,611 scored counties.
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