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Child care centers and preschools in Bingham County, ID
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Bingham County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #183 of 1,611 scored counties
#1 of 18 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.6M
- On child care and other personal services · $596 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,153
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 child care centers and preschools in Bingham County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
At $596 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in Bingham County spend about $9.6M a year on child care and other personal services. Spread across 9 child care centers and preschools, that is $1.1M per center, 7% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Bingham County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 2,017 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 53 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Bingham County grew 6.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, Bingham County has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #183 of 1,611 scored counties and #1 of 18 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Bingham 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.
| Measure | Bingham County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $940K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,017 | 1,415 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $596 | $627 | $581 |
| Median household income | $77,878 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 92
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 53Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Bingham 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 Bingham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,153+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,132
- Median age
- 35.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 2,094 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $77,878+40.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,279
- Median home value
- $293,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,423
- Daytime population
- 43,536Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bingham County, ID | 74 | 9 | 5.6 | $1.1M | +6.4% | #183 of 1,611 |
| 2Jefferson County, ID | 73 | 6 | 5.9 | $1.1M | +13.6% | #201 of 1,611 |
| 3Ada County, ID | 70 | 151 | 7.5 | $1M | +9.6% | #263 of 1,611 |
| 4Canyon County, ID | 68 | 51 | 5.9 | $962K | +18.1% | #321 of 1,611 |
| 5Kootenai County, ID | 63 | 52 | 7.3 | $867K | +11.0% | #466 of 1,611 |
| 6Bonneville County, ID | 62 | 30 | 6.8 | $935K | +8.9% | #488 of 1,611 |
| 7Bonner County, ID | 61 | 13 | 6.4 | $908K | +14.8% | #525 of 1,611 |
| 8Madison County, ID | 60 | 10 | 7.5 | $670K | +4.2% | #561 of 1,611 |
| 9Blaine County, ID | 58 | 8 | 7.7 | $970K | +4.8% | #607 of 1,611 |
| 10Bannock County, ID | 53 | 20 | 6.0 | $909K | +4.9% | #745 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Bingham County
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 preschools74
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Bingham County, ID?
There are 9 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Bingham County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 53 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bingham County, ID spend on child care and other personal services?
About $9.6M a year, or $596 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,132 households in Bingham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bingham County, ID compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Bingham County has 5.6 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.1M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Bingham County would have about 10, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,017 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Bingham County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Bingham County at 51,153 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,132 households. The median household income in Bingham County is $77,878 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Bingham County scores 74 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #183 of 1,611 scored counties.
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