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Child care centers and preschools in Rice County, KS
How Rice County, KS 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
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $322 a household
- Spending per listing
- $299K
- 70% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 86% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,266
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 child care centers and preschools in Rice County. That comes to 10.8 for every 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Households in Rice County spend about $1.2M a year on child care and other personal services, or $322 per household, 45% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 child care centers and preschools, that is $299K per center, 70% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Rice County in 2023. That is one for every 1,238 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Rice County declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Rice County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Rice County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $299K | $679K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,238 | 2,014 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $322 | $418 | $581 |
| Median household income | $63,925 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $583K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- 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 Rice 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 Rice County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,266−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 3,714
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 726 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $63,925
- Average household income
- $81,167
- Median home value
- $104,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,729
- Daytime population
- 8,950Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Rice County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Butler County, KS | 76 | 6 | 2.4 | $1.8M | +3.1% | #138 of 1,611 |
| 2Johnson County, KS | 62 | 176 | 7.1 | $869K | +4.2% | #491 of 1,611 |
| 3Douglas County, KS | 60 | 19 | 3.8 | $1.1M | +1.8% | #534 of 1,611 |
| 4Miami County, KS | 59 | 8 | 5.8 | $804K | +5.9% | #584 of 1,611 |
| 5Pottawatomie County, KS | 54 | 5 | 5.3 | $878K | +6.9% | #721 of 1,611 |
| 6Sedgwick County, KS | 52 | 112 | 5.4 | $709K | +2.6% | #779 of 1,611 |
| 7Reno County, KS | 50 | 9 | 3.5 | $893K | −0.6% | #820 of 1,611 |
| 8Riley County, KS | 50 | 12 | 4.3 | $854K | +0.8% | #825 of 1,611 |
| 9Leavenworth County, KS | 47 | 23 | 7.6 | $625K | +3.2% | #910 of 1,611 |
| 10Cowley County, KS | 46 | 5 | 3.7 | $849K | −0.4% | #922 of 1,611 |
| Rice County, KS | Not scored | 4 | 10.8 | $299K | −1.2% |
Other business types in Rice County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Rice County, KS?
There are 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Rice County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Rice County, KS spend on child care and other personal services?
About $1.2M a year, or $322 per household. That is 45% below the U.S. average (an index of 55, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $299K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,714 households in Rice County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rice County, KS compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Rice County has 10.8 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $299K, 70% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Rice County would have about 1, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,238 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Rice County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Rice County at 9,266 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,714 households. The median household income in Rice County is $63,925 a year, 21% 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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