Child care · Small-town market · Louisiana
Child care centers and preschools in the Opelousas, LA area
How the Opelousas, 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 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #409 of 454 scored small-town markets
#6 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 23
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- −25.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $10M
- On child care and other personal services · $310 a household
- Spending per listing
- $434K
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,765
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
For child care centers and preschools, the Opelousas area has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #409 of 454 scored small-town markets and #6 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Opelousas area spend about $10M a year on child care and other personal services, or $310 per household, 47% below the U.S. average. That works out to $434K per center, 57% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
There are 23 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Opelousas area as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.1, 22% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in the Opelousas area classed as child care services, down 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,146 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Opelousas area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Opelousas 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 | Opelousas area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $434K | $729K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,146 | 1,735 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −25.0% | +7.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $310 | $411 | $581 |
| Median household income | $44,462 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15−25.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 131
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 189Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 231 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 the Opelousas 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 Opelousas area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,765−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 32,183
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 923 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $44,462+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,015
- Median home value
- $142,500
- Jobs located here
- 22,929
- Daytime population
- 72,446Residents 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 Opelousas 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 Opelousas 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 preschools24
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Opelousas, LA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 child care centers and preschools in the Opelousas area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, down 25.0% from 2019. Another 189 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Opelousas, LA area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $10M a year, or $310 per household. That is 47% below the U.S. average (an index of 53, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $434K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,183 households in the Opelousas area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Opelousas, LA area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Opelousas area has 7.1 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $434K, 57% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Opelousas area would have about 10, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,146 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count fell 25.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Opelousas, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Opelousas area at 80,765 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,183 households. Median household income in the Opelousas area is $44,462, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, 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. 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 Opelousas area scores 24 for child care centers and preschools (low), #409 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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