Child care · Small-town market · Massachusetts
Child care centers and preschools in the Nantucket, MA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Nantucket, MA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #130 of 454 scored small-town markets
#1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.5M
- On child care and other personal services · $1,051 a household
- Spending per listing
- $920K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.4
- 97% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,758
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,051 per household (81% above the U.S. average), households in the Nantucket area spend about $5.5M a year on child care and other personal services. That works out to $920K per center, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Nantucket area has 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.4, 97% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Nantucket area classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,050 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Nantucket area grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, the Nantucket area has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #130 of 454 scored small-town markets and #1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts.
How the Nantucket area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Nantucket area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.4 | 7.4 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $920K | $1.1M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,050 | 1,206 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.2% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $1,051 | $795 | $581 |
| Median household income | $139,688 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 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 the Nantucket 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 Nantucket area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,758+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,252
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 46 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $139,688
- Average household income
- $205,560
- Median home value
- $1,593,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,570
- Daytime population
- 13,667Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Massachusetts for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with the Nantucket area marked.
Top small-town markets in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nantucket, MA | 62 | 6 | 11.4 | $920K | +3.6% | #130 of 454 |
| 2Greenfield, MA | 60 | 19 | 6.0 | $868K | −0.3% | #148 of 454 |
Other business types in the Nantucket 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 preschools62
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Nantucket, MA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 child care centers and preschools in the Nantucket area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 28 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Nantucket, MA area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $5.5M a year, or $1,051 per household. That is 81% above the U.S. average (an index of 181, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $920K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,252 households in the Nantucket area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Nantucket, MA area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Nantucket area has 11.4 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 97% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $920K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,050 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Nantucket, MA area growing?
Population estimates put the Nantucket area at 14,758 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,252 households. Median household income in the Nantucket area is $139,688, 73% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Nantucket area scores 62 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #130 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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