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Child care centers and preschools in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT
The child care centers and preschools in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #215 of 1,611 scored counties
#2 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut
- Listings
- 62
- 9 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 55
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $72.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $624 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 284,015
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region comes to about $72.2M a year: $624 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each center on map listings, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has 62 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 15%, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.4 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 55 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region in 2023. That is one for every 2,105 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 339 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region.
Population estimates show the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #215 of 1,611 scored counties and #2 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 7.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $968K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,105 | 1,513 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $624 | $735 | $581 |
| Median household income | $86,586 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 55
- Employees, 2023
- 896
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $26M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 339Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 629 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 72The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 284,015+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 115,768
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 468
- Median household income
- $86,586
- Average household income
- $111,769
- Median home value
- $323,400
- Jobs located here
- 118,380
- Daytime population
- 270,328Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Connecticut market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Connecticut for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region marked.
Top counties in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT | 74 | 24 | 5.0 | $1.4M | +2.2% | #172 of 1,611 |
| 2Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 72 | 62 | 5.4 | $1.2M | +2.0% | #215 of 1,611 |
| 3Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 68 | 24 | 6.1 | $1M | +3.0% | #318 of 1,611 |
| 4Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT | 64 | 52 | 7.0 | $1.1M | +2.3% | #423 of 1,611 |
| 5Capitol Planning Region, CT | 63 | 293 | 7.5 | $945K | +3.1% | #460 of 1,611 |
| 6Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 61 | 225 | 9.6 | $1M | +3.5% | #516 of 1,611 |
| 7Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT | 60 | 124 | 6.9 | $944K | +3.2% | #546 of 1,611 |
| 8South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 57 | 173 | 7.5 | $906K | +2.5% | #634 of 1,611 |
| 9Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT | 53 | 112 | 9.4 | $791K | +4.1% | #754 of 1,611 |
Other business types in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
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 preschools72
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 62 child care centers and preschools in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. 9 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 55 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 339 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT spend on child care and other personal services?
About $72.2M a year, or $624 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 62 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 115,768 households in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has 5.4 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.2M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region would have about 72, against 62 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,105 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT growing?
Population estimates put the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region at 284,015 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 115,768 households. Median household income in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region is $86,586, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region scores 72 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #215 of 1,611 scored counties.
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