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Child care centers and preschools in Crawford County, AR
The child care centers and preschools in Crawford County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,165 of 1,611 scored counties
#14 of 36 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.3M
- On child care and other personal services · $355 a household
- Spending per listing
- $691K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,657
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 child care centers and preschools in Crawford County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Crawford County comes to about $8.3M a year: $355 per household, 39% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 child care centers and preschools, that is $691K per center, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Crawford County in 2023. That is one for every 1,374 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 84 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Crawford County grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, Crawford County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,165 of 1,611 scored counties and #14 of 36 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Crawford County 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 | Crawford County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $691K | $702K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,374 | 1,657 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $355 | $385 | $581 |
| Median household income | $64,132 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 257
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 84Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,657+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 23,357
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 595 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 103
- Median household income
- $64,132+37.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,026
- Median home value
- $182,800
- Jobs located here
- 18,875
- Daytime population
- 56,330Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Crawford County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 68 | 69 | 6.2 | $927K | +16.0% | #322 of 1,611 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 61 | 21 | 4.2 | $1M | +7.6% | #512 of 1,611 |
| 3Washington County, AR | 60 | 54 | 5.6 | $795K | +9.9% | #559 of 1,611 |
| 4Baxter County, AR | 56 | 6 | 3.1 | $983K | +3.1% | #658 of 1,611 |
| 5White County, AR | 56 | 12 | 4.1 | $803K | +4.2% | #668 of 1,611 |
| 6Craighead County, AR | 55 | 19 | 4.3 | $916K | +4.8% | #686 of 1,611 |
| 7Faulkner County, AR | 54 | 25 | 5.1 | $816K | +8.2% | #733 of 1,611 |
| 8Garland County, AR | 51 | 14 | 3.2 | $1.1M | −0.6% | #790 of 1,611 |
| 9Independence County, AR | 51 | 7 | 4.8 | $732K | +2.2% | #804 of 1,611 |
| 10Boone County, AR | 43 | 7 | 4.6 | $712K | +3.3% | #1,013 of 1,611 |
| 14Crawford County, AR | 37 | 12 | 5.1 | $691K | +4.1% | #1,165 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Crawford 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 preschools37
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Crawford County, AR?
There are 12 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Crawford County as of September 2026. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 84 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Crawford County, AR spend on child care and other personal services?
About $8.3M a year, or $355 per household. That is 39% below the U.S. average (an index of 61, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $691K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,357 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crawford County, AR compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Crawford County has 5.1 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $691K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Crawford County would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,374 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Crawford County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Crawford County at 62,657 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,357 households. The median household income in Crawford County is $64,132 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.0% 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. Crawford County scores 37 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #1,165 of 1,611 scored counties.
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