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Child care centers and preschools in Custer County, ID

How Custer County, ID compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$855K
On child care and other personal services · $440 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
4,636
+8.6% 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

There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in Custer County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Custer County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

At $440 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Custer County spend about $855K a year on child care and other personal services.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Custer County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Custer County grew 8.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Custer 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 Custer County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureCuster CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.06.75.8
Spending per listingn/a$940K$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,4151,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.1%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.6%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$440$627$581
Median household income$67,574$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
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Custer 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 Custer County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,636+8.6% since 2020
Households
1,943
Median age
58.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
4,922 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$67,574
Average household income
$70,154
Median home value
$381,700
Jobs located here
1,434
Daytime population
4,494Residents 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 Custer 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
Custer County, IDNot scored00.0n/a+8.6%

Other business types in Custer County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Custer County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Custer County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $855K a year, or $440 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,943 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Custer County has no child care centers and preschools on map listings. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Custer County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Custer County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Custer County at 4,636 people in 2025, up 8.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,943 households. The median household income in Custer County is $67,574 a year, 16% below 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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 Custer County

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