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Child care centers and preschools in Moffat County, CO
How Moffat County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.9M
- On child care and other personal services · $533 a household
- Spending per listing
- $958K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,122
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 child care centers and preschools in Moffat County. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Moffat County comes to about $2.9M a year: $533 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 child care centers and preschools, that is $958K per center, 4% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Moffat County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Moffat County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Moffat County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Moffat County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Moffat County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $958K | $1.6M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,916 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.2% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $533 | $822 | $581 |
| Median household income | $73,849 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 87 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Moffat 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 Moffat County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,122−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 5,390
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 4,743 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $73,849+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,921
- Median home value
- $289,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,358
- Daytime population
- 10,609Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Broomfield County, CO | 91 | 15 | 4.7 | $2.2M | +6.3% | #10 of 1,611 |
| 2Adams County, CO | 90 | 78 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +6.6% | #15 of 1,611 |
| 3Douglas County, CO | 88 | 104 | 7.4 | $1.6M | +10.9% | #21 of 1,611 |
| 4Larimer County, CO | 84 | 83 | 5.4 | $1.5M | +4.8% | #47 of 1,611 |
| 5Denver County, CO | 83 | 145 | 4.3 | $2M | +3.2% | #51 of 1,611 |
| 6Weld County, CO | 83 | 63 | 5.1 | $1.5M | +14.2% | #54 of 1,611 |
| 7Arapahoe County, CO | 81 | 136 | 5.3 | $1.6M | +2.8% | #68 of 1,611 |
| 8Pueblo County, CO | 79 | 17 | 2.5 | $2.2M | +0.6% | #91 of 1,611 |
| 9Teller County, CO | 79 | 6 | 5.1 | $1.3M | 0.0% | #100 of 1,611 |
| 10Delta County, CO | 78 | 5 | 3.9 | $1.3M | +3.6% | #117 of 1,611 |
| Moffat County, CO | Not scored | 3 | 5.6 | $958K | −1.1% |
Other business types in Moffat 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 preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Moffat County, CO?
There are 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Moffat County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Moffat County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Moffat County, CO spend on child care and other personal services?
About $2.9M a year, or $533 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $958K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,390 households in Moffat County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Moffat County, CO compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Moffat County has 5.6 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $958K, 4% 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.
How fast is Moffat County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Moffat County at 13,122 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,390 households. The median household income in Moffat County is $73,849 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.0% 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. Moffat County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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