Child care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Child care centers and preschools in the Mountain Home, AR area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Mountain Home, AR area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #155 of 454 scored small-town markets
#2 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 6
- 3 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.9M
- On child care and other personal services · $305 a household
- Spending per listing
- $983K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,982
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $305 per household (48% below the U.S. average), households in the Mountain Home area spend about $5.9M a year on child care and other personal services. That works out to $983K per center, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Mountain Home area has 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Mountain Home area in 2023. That is one for every 2,419 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 34 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Mountain Home area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, the Mountain Home area has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #155 of 454 scored small-town markets and #2 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Mountain Home 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 | Mountain Home area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $983K | $702K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,419 | 1,657 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $305 | $385 | $581 |
| Median household income | $48,452 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 132
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 63 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 Mountain Home 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 Mountain Home area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,982+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 19,348
- Median age
- 51.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $48,452+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,486
- Median home value
- $174,600
- Jobs located here
- 16,323
- Daytime population
- 43,148Residents 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 Mountain Home 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 Mountain Home 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 preschools59
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Mountain Home, AR area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 child care centers and preschools in the Mountain Home area. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 34 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Mountain Home, AR area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $5.9M a year, or $305 per household. That is 48% below the U.S. average (an index of 52, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $983K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,348 households in the Mountain Home area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mountain Home, AR area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Mountain Home area has 3.1 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $983K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,419 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Mountain Home, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Mountain Home area at 42,982 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,348 households. Median household income in the Mountain Home area is $48,452, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.7%, 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 Mountain Home area scores 59 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #155 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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