Child care · Small-town market · Hawaii
Child care centers and preschools in the Kapaa, HI area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Kapaa, HI area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #83 of 454 scored small-town markets
#2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Hawaii
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- −19.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $19M
- On child care and other personal services · $804 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 73,400
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Kapaa area comes to about $19M a year: $804 per household, 38% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each center on map listings, 46% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Kapaa area has 13 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Kapaa area was 17 in 2023, down 19.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,390 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 47 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Kapaa area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, the Kapaa area has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #83 of 454 scored small-town markets and #2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Hawaii. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Kapaa area compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Kapaa area | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,390 | 1,844 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −19.0% | 0.0% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $804 | $862 | $581 |
| Median household income | $97,668 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17−19.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 87
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 47Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Kapaa 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 Kapaa area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 73,400+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 23,632
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 620 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 119
- Median household income
- $97,668+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,466
- Median home value
- $873,200
- Jobs located here
- 28,378
- Daytime population
- 63,469Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Hawaii market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Hawaii for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Hawaii, with the Kapaa area marked.
Top small-town markets in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hilo-Kailua, HI | 82 | 23 | 3.1 | $2.3M | +4.6% | #11 of 454 |
| 2Kapaa, HI | 68 | 13 | 5.5 | $1.5M | +0.3% | #83 of 454 |
Other business types in the Kapaa 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 preschools68
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Kapaa, HI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 child care centers and preschools in the Kapaa area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, down 19.0% from 2019. Another 47 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Kapaa, HI area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $19M a year, or $804 per household. That is 38% above the U.S. average (an index of 138, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,632 households in the Kapaa area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kapaa, HI area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Kapaa area has 5.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.5M, 46% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Kapaa area would have about 19, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,390 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count fell 19.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kapaa, HI area growing?
Population estimates put the Kapaa area at 73,400 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,632 households. Median household income in the Kapaa area is $97,668, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.9%, 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. 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 Kapaa area scores 68 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #83 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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