Child care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Child care centers and preschools in the Harrison, AR area
How the Harrison, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #280 of 454 scored small-town markets
#4 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.9M
- On child care and other personal services · $318 a household
- Spending per listing
- $738K
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,654
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Harrison area spend about $5.9M a year on child care and other personal services, or $318 per household, 45% below the U.S. average. That works out to $738K per center, 26% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Harrison area has 8 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.3, 26% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Harrison area classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,686 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 52 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $430K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Harrison area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Harrison area grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in the Harrison area is 44 (lower middle), #280 of 454 scored small-town markets and #4 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Harrison 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 | Harrison area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $738K | $702K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,686 | 1,657 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $318 | $385 | $581 |
| Median household income | $54,384 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 129
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 52Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 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
- 1
- Amount
- $430K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Harrison 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 Harrison area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,654+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 18,542
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $54,384+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,341
- Median home value
- $185,000
- Jobs located here
- 15,227
- Daytime population
- 43,011Residents 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 Harrison 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 Harrison 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 preschools44
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Harrison, AR area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 child care centers and preschools in the Harrison area. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 52 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Harrison, AR area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $5.9M a year, or $318 per household. That is 45% below the U.S. average (an index of 55, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $738K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,542 households in the Harrison area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Harrison, AR area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Harrison area has 4.3 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $738K, 26% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Harrison area would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,686 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Harrison, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Harrison area at 45,654 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,542 households. Median household income in the Harrison area is $54,384, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.0%, 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 Harrison area scores 44 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #280 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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