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

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.4M
On child care and other personal services · $337 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
10,758
−1.2% 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

At $337 per household (42% below the U.S. average), households in St. Helena Parish spend about $1.4M a year on child care and other personal services.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in St. Helena Parish. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, St. Helena Parish would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in St. Helena Parish in 2023. That is one for every 696 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 71 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show St. Helena Parish declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no child care centers and preschools on map listings, St. Helena Parish isn’t given a market score for them.

How St. Helena 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. Helena Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Helena ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.05.65.8
Spending per listingn/a$729K$1M
Households per official establishment6961,7351,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.1%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$337$411$581
Median household income$41,934$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored30

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 6
Employees, 2023
35
Annual payroll, 2023
$996K
One-person businesses, 2023
71Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
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 St. Helena 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. Helena Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
10,758−1.2% since 2020
Households
4,176
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
409 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$41,934−4.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$58,968
Median home value
$77,300
Jobs located here
1,872
Daytime population
8,374Residents 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. Helena 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
St. Helena Parish, LANot scored00.0n/a−1.2%

Other business types in St. Helena 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. Helena Parish, LA?

There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in St. Helena Parish as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 71 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $1.4M a year, or $337 per household. That is 42% below the U.S. average (an index of 58, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,176 households in St. Helena Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Helena Parish has no child care centers and preschools on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, St. Helena Parish would have about 1, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 696 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Helena Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Helena Parish at 10,758 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,176 households. Median household income in St. Helena Parish is $41,934, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median fell 4.4%, 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. Helena Parish has no market score for child care centers and preschools, having none on map listings.

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