Child care · Small-town market · Arkansas
Child care centers and preschools in the Russellville, AR area
How the Russellville, 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #351 of 454 scored small-town markets
#6 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 18
- 3 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- +37.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $11.4M
- On child care and other personal services · $349 a household
- Spending per listing
- $634K
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 84,932
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Russellville area scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #351 of 454 scored small-town markets and #6 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $349 per household (40% below the U.S. average), households in the Russellville area spend about $11.4M a year on child care and other personal services. Spread across 18 child care centers and preschools, that is $634K per center, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Russellville area has 18 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 17%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.5, 5% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Russellville area in 2023, up 37.5% from 2019. That is one for every 990 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Russellville area grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Russellville 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 | Russellville area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $634K | $702K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 990 | 1,657 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +37.5% | +5.5% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $349 | $385 | $581 |
| Median household income | $57,102 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 33+37.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 536
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 77Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 183 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Russellville 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 Russellville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 84,932+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 32,671
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,741 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $57,102+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,829
- Median home value
- $165,100
- Jobs located here
- 34,546
- Daytime population
- 84,258Residents 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 Russellville 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 Russellville 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 preschools35
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Russellville, AR area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 child care centers and preschools in the Russellville area. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, up 37.5% from 2019. Another 77 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Russellville, AR area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $11.4M a year, or $349 per household. That is 40% below the U.S. average (an index of 60, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $634K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,671 households in the Russellville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Russellville, AR area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Russellville area has 5.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $634K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Russellville area would have about 11, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 990 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count rose 37.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Russellville, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Russellville area at 84,932 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,671 households. Median household income in the Russellville area is $57,102, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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 Russellville area scores 35 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #351 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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