Child care · Small-town market · Mississippi
Child care centers and preschools in the Grenada, MS area
How the Grenada, MS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 10 out of 100: Low
Ranked #448 of 454 scored small-town markets
#11 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $336 a household
- Spending per listing
- $302K
- 70% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.1
- 91% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,222
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Grenada area scores 10 (low) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #448 of 454 scored small-town markets and #11 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Grenada area spend about $4.2M a year on child care and other personal services, or $336 per household, 42% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 child care centers and preschools, that is $302K per center, 70% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Grenada area has 14 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 11.1, 91% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Grenada area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,050 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Grenada area declined 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Grenada area compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Grenada area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.1 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $302K | $591K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,050 | 1,418 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $336 | $369 | $581 |
| Median household income | $46,897 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 10 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 163
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 67Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Grenada 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 Grenada area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,222−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,601
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 829 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $46,897
- Average household income
- $69,263
- Median home value
- $129,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,738
- Daytime population
- 29,771Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Grenada area marked.
Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oxford, MS | 78 | 11 | 4.6 | $943K | +5.3% | #30 of 454 |
| 2Starkville, MS | 56 | 12 | 4.6 | $786K | +0.8% | #182 of 454 |
| 3Picayune, MS | 47 | 15 | 6.9 | $532K | +5.6% | #261 of 454 |
| 4Laurel, MS | 40 | 14 | 4.4 | $751K | −1.5% | #315 of 454 |
| 5Brookhaven, MS | 28 | 10 | 7.6 | $458K | +0.5% | #393 of 454 |
| 6Tupelo, MS | 28 | 47 | 9.1 | $421K | +0.8% | #394 of 454 |
| 7Vicksburg, MS | 26 | 16 | 9.5 | $435K | −6.3% | #404 of 454 |
| 8Natchez, MS-LA | 23 | 11 | 5.3 | $596K | −0.9% | #411 of 454 |
| 9Meridian, MS | 22 | 22 | 6.3 | $530K | −3.2% | #418 of 454 |
| 10Columbus, MS | 12 | 29 | 10.8 | $316K | −2.7% | #444 of 454 |
| 11Grenada, MS | 10 | 14 | 11.1 | $302K | −3.6% | #448 of 454 |
Other business types in the Grenada 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 preschools10
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Grenada, MS area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 child care centers and preschools in the Grenada area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 67 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Grenada, MS area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $4.2M a year, or $336 per household. That is 42% below the U.S. average (an index of 58, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $302K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,601 households in the Grenada area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Grenada, MS area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Grenada area has 11.1 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 91% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $302K, 70% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Grenada area would have about 4, against 14 on map listings. 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 Grenada, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Grenada area at 30,222 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,601 households. Median household income in the Grenada area is $46,897, 42% below 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 Grenada area scores 10 for child care centers and preschools (low), #448 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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