Child care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Child care centers and preschools in the Blytheville, AR area
The child care centers and preschools in the Blytheville, AR area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 15 out of 100: Low
Ranked #438 of 454 scored small-town markets
#10 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- +4.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $370 a household
- Spending per listing
- $440K
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,828
- −6.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in the Blytheville area is 15 (low), #438 of 454 scored small-town markets and #10 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 child care centers and preschools in the Blytheville area. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.4, 45% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Blytheville area comes to about $5.7M a year: $370 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. That works out to $440K per center, 56% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in the Blytheville area classed as child care services, up 4.4% from 2019. That is one for every 644 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Blytheville area declined 6.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Blytheville area compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Blytheville area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $440K | $702K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 644 | 1,657 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.4% | +5.5% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.7% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $370 | $385 | $581 |
| Median household income | $52,548 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 15 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24+4.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 279
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 123Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Blytheville 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 Blytheville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,828−6.7% since 2020
- Households
- 15,452
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 902 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $52,548+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,319
- Median home value
- $122,500
- Jobs located here
- 18,884
- Daytime population
- 41,520Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Blytheville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Searcy, AR | 62 | 12 | 4.1 | $803K | +4.2% | #132 of 454 |
| 2Mountain Home, AR | 59 | 6 | 3.1 | $983K | +3.1% | #155 of 454 |
| 3Batesville, AR | 59 | 7 | 4.8 | $732K | +2.2% | #161 of 454 |
| 4Harrison, AR | 44 | 8 | 4.3 | $738K | +2.4% | #280 of 454 |
| 5Malvern, AR | 39 | 8 | 6.5 | $495K | +1.1% | #325 of 454 |
| 6Russellville, AR | 35 | 18 | 5.5 | $634K | +1.6% | #351 of 454 |
| 7Camden, AR | 30 | 6 | 5.8 | $565K | −3.6% | #380 of 454 |
| 8Forrest City, AR | 23 | 5 | 6.4 | $440K | −5.3% | #414 of 454 |
| 9Pine Bluff, AR | 18 | 18 | 6.7 | $474K | −5.6% | #428 of 454 |
| 10Blytheville, AR | 15 | 13 | 8.4 | $440K | −6.7% | #438 of 454 |
Other business types in the Blytheville 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 preschools15
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Blytheville, AR area?
There are 13 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Blytheville area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019. Another 123 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Blytheville, AR area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $5.7M a year, or $370 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $440K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,452 households in the Blytheville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Blytheville, AR area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Blytheville area has 8.4 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $440K, 56% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Blytheville area would have about 6, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 644 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Blytheville, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Blytheville area at 37,828 people in 2025, down 6.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,452 households. The median household income in the Blytheville area is $52,548 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. 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 Blytheville area scores 15 for child care centers and preschools (low), #438 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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