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Child care centers and preschools in St. Bernard Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in St. Bernard Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #904 of 1,611 scored counties
#8 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
9
2 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.3M
On child care and other personal services · $388 a household
Spending per listing
$699K
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,642
+4.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 child care centers and preschools in St. Bernard Parish. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.

Households in St. Bernard Parish spend about $6.3M a year on child care and other personal services, or $388 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. That is about $699K of household spending for each center on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in St. Bernard Parish was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,802 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 53 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in St. Bernard Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, St. Bernard Parish has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #904 of 1,611 scored counties and #8 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana.

How St. Bernard Parish 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.

Child care and preschools in St. Bernard Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Bernard ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.55.65.8
Spending per listing$699K$729K$1M
Households per official establishment1,8021,7351,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.1%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$388$411$581
Median household income$58,651$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4730

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 9
Employees, 2023
100
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
53Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
92 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 St. Bernard Parish, 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 St. Bernard Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
45,642+4.1% since 2020
Households
16,219
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
378 sq. mi.
People per square mile
118
Median household income
$58,651+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,188
Median home value
$202,500
Jobs located here
11,689
Daytime population
35,960Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Bernard Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Tammany Parish, LA62595.6$913K+5.3%#489 of 1,611
2Livingston Parish, LA56295.4$805K+8.5%#667 of 1,611
3Lafourche Parish, LA54174.5$900K−2.0%#719 of 1,611
4Bossier Parish, LA53234.5$939K+2.5%#743 of 1,611
5Jefferson Parish, LA53824.6$923K−1.9%#744 of 1,611
6St. Martin Parish, LA5284.1$901K−1.0%#769 of 1,611
7St. Charles Parish, LA50105.4$939K−3.7%#818 of 1,611
8St. Bernard Parish, LA4795.5$699K+4.1%#904 of 1,611
9Natchitoches Parish, LA4653.4$1M−3.5%#916 of 1,611
10Terrebonne Parish, LA46184.3$906K−4.8%#921 of 1,611

Other business types in St. Bernard Parish

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in St. Bernard Parish, LA?

St. Bernard Parish has 9 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 53 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in St. Bernard Parish, LA spend on child care and other personal services?

About $6.3M a year, or $388 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $699K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,219 households in St. Bernard Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Bernard Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?

St. Bernard Parish has 5.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $699K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, St. Bernard Parish would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,802 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Bernard Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Bernard Parish at 45,642 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,219 households. The median household income in St. Bernard Parish is $58,651 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. St. Bernard Parish scores 47 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #904 of 1,611 scored counties.

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