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Child care centers and preschools in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA
The child care centers and preschools in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On child care and other personal services · $463 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,756
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in West Baton Rouge Parish comes to about $5.1M a year: $463 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per center, 27% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
West Baton Rouge Parish has 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 3.6 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in West Baton Rouge Parish in 2023. That is one for every 1,219 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 65 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in West Baton Rouge Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, West Baton Rouge Parish isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How West Baton Rouge 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 | West Baton Rouge Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $729K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,219 | 1,735 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $463 | $411 | $581 |
| Median household income | $87,299 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 129
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 65Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,756+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 10,974
- Median age
- 36.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 192 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $87,299+33.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,837
- Median home value
- $229,900
- Jobs located here
- 14,037
- Daytime population
- 29,192Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | Not scored | 4 | 3.6 | $1.3M | +5.5% |
Other business types in West Baton Rouge 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 preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 child care centers and preschools in West Baton Rouge Parish. 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 65 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $5.1M a year, or $463 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,974 households in West Baton Rouge Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does West Baton Rouge Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
West Baton Rouge Parish has 3.6 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.3M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, West Baton Rouge Parish would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,219 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is West Baton Rouge Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put West Baton Rouge Parish at 28,756 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,974 households. Median household income in West Baton Rouge Parish is $87,299, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.5%, 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. West Baton Rouge Parish has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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