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Child care centers and preschools in Minidoka County, ID

How Minidoka 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

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$4.3M
On child care and other personal services · $536 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
22,911
+5.7% 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 $536 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Minidoka County spend about $4.3M a year on child care and other personal services. That works out to $4.3M per center.

Minidoka County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Minidoka County classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,621 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Minidoka County grew 5.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, Minidoka County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Minidoka 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 Minidoka County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureMinidoka CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.26.75.8
Spending per listing$4.3M$940K$1M
Households per official establishment1,6211,4151,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.1%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.7%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$536$627$581
Median household income$70,377$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored61

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 5
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$333K
One-person businesses, 2023
15Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Minidoka 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 Minidoka County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,911+5.7% since 2020
Households
8,107
Median age
36.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
757 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$70,377+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,232
Median home value
$262,600
Jobs located here
8,955
Daytime population
20,975Residents 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 Minidoka 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
Minidoka County, IDNot scored11.2$4.3M+5.7%

Other business types in Minidoka 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 Minidoka County, ID?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 child care center or preschool in Minidoka County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $4.3M a year, or $536 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,107 households in Minidoka County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Minidoka County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Minidoka County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,621 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Minidoka County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Minidoka County at 22,911 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,107 households. Median household income in Minidoka County is $70,377, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. 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. Minidoka County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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 Minidoka County

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