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Child care centers and preschools in St. Mary Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in St. Mary Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,316 of 1,611 scored counties
#25 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $334 a household
- Spending per listing
- $561K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,552
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
For child care centers and preschools, St. Mary Parish has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,316 of 1,611 scored counties and #25 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in St. Mary Parish comes to about $6.2M a year: $334 per household, 42% below the U.S. average. That works out to $561K per center, 44% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
There are 11 child care centers and preschools on map listings in St. Mary Parish as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 6.0 for every 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in St. Mary Parish in 2023. That is one for every 2,638 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in St. Mary Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How St. Mary 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.
| Measure | St. Mary Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $561K | $729K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,638 | 1,735 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $334 | $411 | $581 |
| Median household income | $52,576 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 97Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 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. Mary 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. Mary Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,552−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,463
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 559 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 86
- Median household income
- $52,576+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,245
- Median home value
- $138,900
- Jobs located here
- 20,344
- Daytime population
- 47,916Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Mary Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Tammany Parish, LA | 62 | 59 | 5.6 | $913K | +5.3% | #489 of 1,611 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 56 | 29 | 5.4 | $805K | +8.5% | #667 of 1,611 |
| 3Lafourche Parish, LA | 54 | 17 | 4.5 | $900K | −2.0% | #719 of 1,611 |
| 4Bossier Parish, LA | 53 | 23 | 4.5 | $939K | +2.5% | #743 of 1,611 |
| 5Jefferson Parish, LA | 53 | 82 | 4.6 | $923K | −1.9% | #744 of 1,611 |
| 6St. Martin Parish, LA | 52 | 8 | 4.1 | $901K | −1.0% | #769 of 1,611 |
| 7St. Charles Parish, LA | 50 | 10 | 5.4 | $939K | −3.7% | #818 of 1,611 |
| 8St. Bernard Parish, LA | 47 | 9 | 5.5 | $699K | +4.1% | #904 of 1,611 |
| 9Natchitoches Parish, LA | 46 | 5 | 3.4 | $1M | −3.5% | #916 of 1,611 |
| 10Terrebonne Parish, LA | 46 | 18 | 4.3 | $906K | −4.8% | #921 of 1,611 |
| 25St. Mary Parish, LA | 31 | 11 | 6.0 | $561K | −5.3% | #1,316 of 1,611 |
Other business types in St. Mary Parish
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 preschools31
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in St. Mary Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 child care centers and preschools in St. Mary Parish. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 97 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Mary Parish, LA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $6.2M a year, or $334 per household. That is 42% below the U.S. average (an index of 58, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $561K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,463 households in St. Mary Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Mary Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
St. Mary Parish has 6.0 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $561K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, St. Mary Parish would have about 6, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,638 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Mary Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put St. Mary Parish at 46,552 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,463 households. Median household income in St. Mary Parish is $52,576, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. Mary Parish scores 31 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #1,316 of 1,611 scored counties.
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