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Child care centers and preschools in Lake County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Lake County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.8M
- On child care and other personal services · $368 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,746
- −1.6% since 2020
See the child care centers and preschools around any address in Lake County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 child care center or preschool in Lake County. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households.
At $368 per household (37% below the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $1.8M a year on child care and other personal services. That works out to $1.8M per center.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Lake County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $320K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in Lake County.
Population estimates put the population change in Lake County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, Lake County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lake County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Lake County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 6.0 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $833K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,567 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $368 | $500 | $581 |
| Median household income | $75,541 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $320K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Lake County, 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,746−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,942
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,109 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $75,541+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,384
- Median home value
- $241,300
- Jobs located here
- 3,658
- Daytime population
- 9,997Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lake County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the child care centers and preschools on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Lake County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clay County, MN | 79 | 8 | 3.0 | $1.4M | +3.6% | #96 of 1,611 |
| 2Crow Wing County, MN | 78 | 6 | 2.0 | $1.9M | +4.3% | #107 of 1,611 |
| 3Wright County, MN | 75 | 27 | 5.0 | $1.1M | +11.1% | #161 of 1,611 |
| 4Otter Tail County, MN | 71 | 7 | 2.8 | $1.4M | +1.6% | #230 of 1,611 |
| 5Isanti County, MN | 70 | 7 | 4.3 | $996K | +7.3% | #264 of 1,611 |
| 6Becker County, MN | 67 | 5 | 3.5 | $1.1M | +0.9% | #336 of 1,611 |
| 7Winona County, MN | 67 | 7 | 3.5 | $1.1M | +1.8% | #338 of 1,611 |
| 8Sherburne County, MN | 66 | 19 | 5.3 | $1M | +6.8% | #368 of 1,611 |
| 9Washington County, MN | 66 | 70 | 6.6 | $960K | +6.9% | #372 of 1,611 |
| 10Douglas County, MN | 65 | 6 | 3.4 | $1.2M | +2.6% | #388 of 1,611 |
| Lake County, MN | Not scored | 1 | 2.0 | $1.8M | −1.6% |
Other business types in Lake County
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 Lake County, MN?
Lake County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Lake County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lake County, MN spend on child care and other personal services?
About $1.8M a year, or $368 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,942 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, MN compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Lake County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Lake County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Lake County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 10,746 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,942 households. The median household income in Lake County is $75,541 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Lake County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Lake County. It maps the child care centers and preschools on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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