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Child care centers and preschools in Benewah County, ID

The child care centers and preschools in Benewah County, ID, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2M
On child care and other personal services · $488 a household
Spending per listing
$994K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,508
+9.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $488 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Benewah County spend about $2M a year on child care and other personal services. Spread across 2 child care centers and preschools, that is $994K per center.

Benewah County has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in Benewah County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Benewah County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Benewah County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Benewah County compares

The same measures for Idaho 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.

Child care and preschools in Benewah County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureBenewah CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.96.75.8
Spending per listing$994K$940K$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,4151,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.1%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.7%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$488$627$581
Median household income$59,794$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored61

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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Benewah 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 Benewah County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,508+9.7% since 2020
Households
4,072
Median age
45.0
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
777 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$59,794+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,752
Median home value
$293,500
Jobs located here
3,376
Daytime population
9,848Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Idaho

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The highest-scoring counties in Idaho for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Benewah County marked.

Top counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bingham County, ID7495.6$1.1M+6.4%#183 of 1,611
2Jefferson County, ID7365.9$1.1M+13.6%#201 of 1,611
3Ada County, ID701517.5$1M+9.6%#263 of 1,611
4Canyon County, ID68515.9$962K+18.1%#321 of 1,611
5Kootenai County, ID63527.3$867K+11.0%#466 of 1,611
6Bonneville County, ID62306.8$935K+8.9%#488 of 1,611
7Bonner County, ID61136.4$908K+14.8%#525 of 1,611
8Madison County, ID60107.5$670K+4.2%#561 of 1,611
9Blaine County, ID5887.7$970K+4.8%#607 of 1,611
10Bannock County, ID53206.0$909K+4.9%#745 of 1,611
Benewah County, IDNot scored24.9$994K+9.7%

Other business types in Benewah County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in Benewah County, ID?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 child care centers and preschools in Benewah County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Benewah County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Benewah County, ID spend on child care and other personal services?

About $2M a year, or $488 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $994K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,072 households in Benewah County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Benewah County, ID compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?

Benewah County has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending.

How fast is Benewah County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Benewah County at 10,508 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,072 households. Median household income in Benewah County is $59,794, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. Benewah County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for child care centers and preschools · All 56 business types in Benewah County

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