Child care · Metro area · Colorado
Child care centers and preschools in the Pueblo, CO metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Pueblo, CO metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #25 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $37.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $542 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 169,277
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Pueblo metro area scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #25 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for child care centers and preschools.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Pueblo metro area comes to about $37.2M a year: $542 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each center on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Pueblo metro area has 17 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in the Pueblo metro area classed as child care services. That is one for every 3,263 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Pueblo metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Pueblo metro area 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 | Pueblo metro area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.6M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,263 | 1,916 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.2% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $542 | $822 | $581 |
| Median household income | $64,010 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 87 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 231
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 212Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 Pueblo metro 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 Pueblo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 169,277+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 68,523
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,387 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $64,010+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,458
- Median home value
- $291,300
- Jobs located here
- 56,090
- Daytime population
- 161,514Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Colorado for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Pueblo metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 85 | 617 | 5.1 | $1.8M | +4.1% | #10 of 387 |
| 2Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 85 | 83 | 5.4 | $1.5M | +4.8% | #12 of 387 |
| 3Greeley, CO | 82 | 63 | 5.1 | $1.5M | +14.2% | #15 of 387 |
| 4Pueblo, CO | 78 | 17 | 2.5 | $2.2M | +0.6% | #25 of 387 |
| 5Colorado Springs, CO | 75 | 128 | 4.2 | $1.8M | +3.1% | #32 of 387 |
| 6Grand Junction, CO | 68 | 24 | 3.6 | $1.7M | +4.4% | #64 of 387 |
| 7Boulder, CO | 62 | 99 | 7.2 | $1.3M | −0.7% | #98 of 387 |
Other business types in the Pueblo metro 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 preschools78
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Pueblo, CO metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 child care centers and preschools in the Pueblo metro area. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 212 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Pueblo, CO metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $37.2M a year, or $542 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 68,523 households in the Pueblo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pueblo, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Pueblo metro area has 2.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $2.2M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Pueblo metro area would have about 37, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,263 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pueblo, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pueblo metro area at 169,277 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 68,523 households. Median household income in the Pueblo metro area is $64,010, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.8%, 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. The Pueblo metro area scores 78 for child care centers and preschools (high), #25 of 387 scored metro areas.
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