Child care · Small-town market · Connecticut
Child care centers and preschools in the Torrington, CT area
The child care centers and preschools in the Torrington, CT area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #26 of 454 scored small-town markets
#1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Connecticut
- Listings
- 24
- 3 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $33.3M
- On child care and other personal services · $697 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 114,690
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in the Torrington area is 78 (high), #26 of 454 scored small-town markets and #1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Connecticut. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for child care centers and preschools.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Torrington area comes to about $33.3M a year: $697 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. Spread across 24 child care centers and preschools, that is $1.4M per center, 39% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
There are 24 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Torrington area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.0 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Torrington area in 2023. That is one for every 1,840 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $154K have gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Torrington area. Population estimates put the population change in the Torrington area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Torrington area 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 | Torrington area | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 7.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $968K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,840 | 1,513 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $697 | $735 | $581 |
| Median household income | $93,551 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26
- Employees, 2023
- 309
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 104Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 243 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $154K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Torrington 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 Torrington area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 114,690+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 47,845
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 787 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $93,551
- Average household income
- $131,679
- Median home value
- $335,600
- Jobs located here
- 36,871
- Daytime population
- 93,666Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Torrington, CT | 78 | 24 | 5.0 | $1.4M | +2.2% | #26 of 454 |
| 2Putnam, CT | 74 | 24 | 6.1 | $1M | +3.0% | #50 of 454 |
Other business types in the Torrington 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 Torrington, CT area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 child care centers and preschools in the Torrington area. 3 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 104 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Torrington, CT area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $33.3M a year, or $697 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,845 households in the Torrington area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Torrington, CT area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Torrington area has 5.0 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.4M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Torrington area would have about 33, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,840 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Torrington, CT area growing?
Population estimates put the Torrington area at 114,690 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,845 households. Median household income in the Torrington area is $93,551, 16% 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. 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 Torrington area scores 78 for child care centers and preschools (high), #26 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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