Child care · Small-town market · Louisiana
Child care centers and preschools in the New Iberia, LA area
How the New Iberia, LA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #240 of 454 scored small-town markets
#2 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.4M
- On child care and other personal services · $352 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,846
- −4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the New Iberia area comes to about $9.4M a year: $352 per household, 39% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each center on map listings, 18% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The New Iberia area has 8 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 48% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the New Iberia area in 2023. That is one for every 1,676 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 185 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $927K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in the New Iberia area.
Population estimates put the population change in the New Iberia area from 2020 to 2025 at −4.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For child care centers and preschools, the New Iberia area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #240 of 454 scored small-town markets and #2 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana.
How the New Iberia area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | New Iberia area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $729K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,676 | 1,735 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.6% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $352 | $411 | $581 |
| Median household income | $56,961 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 218
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 185Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $927K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the New Iberia area, 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 the New Iberia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,846−4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 26,816
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 575 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 119
- Median household income
- $56,961
- Average household income
- $77,542
- Median home value
- $164,500
- Jobs located here
- 23,687
- Daytime population
- 65,141Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Louisiana for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Louisiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the New Iberia area marked.
Top small-town markets in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Natchitoches, LA | 50 | 5 | 3.4 | $1M | −3.5% | #229 of 454 |
| 2New Iberia, LA | 48 | 8 | 3.0 | $1.2M | −4.6% | #240 of 454 |
| 3Morgan City, LA | 34 | 11 | 6.0 | $561K | −5.3% | #358 of 454 |
| 4Ruston, LA | 32 | 12 | 6.5 | $541K | +0.1% | #369 of 454 |
| 5Bogalusa, LA | 26 | 8 | 4.5 | $688K | −0.9% | #400 of 454 |
| 6Opelousas, LA | 24 | 23 | 7.1 | $434K | −1.9% | #409 of 454 |
| Natchez, MS-LA | 23 | 11 | 5.3 | $596K | −0.9% | #411 of 454 |
| 7Minden, LA | 19 | 14 | 9.8 | $293K | −5.2% | #426 of 454 |
Other business types in the New Iberia area
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 preschools48
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the New Iberia, LA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 child care centers and preschools in the New Iberia area. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 185 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the New Iberia, LA area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $9.4M a year, or $352 per household. That is 39% below the U.S. average (an index of 61, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,816 households in the New Iberia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New Iberia, LA area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The New Iberia area has 3.0 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.2M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the New Iberia area would have about 9, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,676 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the New Iberia, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the New Iberia area at 66,846 people in 2025, down 4.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,816 households. Median household income in the New Iberia area is $56,961, 29% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 New Iberia area scores 48 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #240 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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