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Child care centers and preschools in Valley County, ID
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Valley County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.8M
- On child care and other personal services · $659 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 12,831
- +8.4% since 2020
See the child care centers and preschools around any address in Valley County
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What this means
Households in Valley County spend about $2.8M a year on child care and other personal services, or $659 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per center.
Valley County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Valley County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 480 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Valley County grew 8.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, Valley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Valley 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 | Valley County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $940K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 480 | 1,415 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.4% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $659 | $627 | $581 |
| Median household income | $76,078 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $916K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Valley 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 Valley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,831+8.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,318
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $76,078+18.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,435
- Median home value
- $657,000
- Jobs located here
- 6,447
- Daytime population
- 12,836Residents 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 |
| Valley County, ID | Not scored | 1 | 2.3 | $2.8M | +8.4% |
Other business types in Valley 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 preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Valley County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 child care center or preschool in Valley County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Valley County, ID spend on child care and other personal services?
About $2.8M a year, or $659 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,318 households in Valley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Valley County, ID compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Valley 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, Valley County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 480 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Valley County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Valley County at 12,831 people in 2025, up 8.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,318 households. Median household income in Valley County is $76,078, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.0%, 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. Valley 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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