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Child care centers and preschools in Morgan County, CO
How Morgan 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 · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #807 of 1,611 scored counties
#24 of 25 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $517 a household
- Spending per listing
- $636K
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,306
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 child care centers and preschools in Morgan County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.1, 40% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
At $517 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Morgan County spend about $5.7M a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $636K of household spending for each center on map listings, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Morgan County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Morgan County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in Morgan County is 51 (upper middle), #807 of 1,611 scored counties and #24 of 25 scored counties in Colorado.
How Morgan 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 | Morgan County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $636K | $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 | +4.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $517 | $822 | $581 |
| Median household income | $73,278 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 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
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 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 Morgan 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 Morgan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,306+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 11,069
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,281 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $73,278+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,230
- Median home value
- $338,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,665
- Daytime population
- 25,925Residents 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 |
| 24Morgan County, CO | 51 | 9 | 8.1 | $636K | +4.2% | #807 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Morgan 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 preschools51
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Morgan County, CO?
Morgan County has 9 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Morgan County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Morgan County, CO spend on child care and other personal services?
About $5.7M a year, or $517 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $636K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,069 households in Morgan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morgan County, CO compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Morgan County has 8.1 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $636K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Morgan County would have about 6, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Morgan County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Morgan County at 30,306 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,069 households. The median household income in Morgan County is $73,278 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.5% 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. Morgan County scores 51 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #807 of 1,611 scored counties.
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