Child care · Metro area · Mississippi
Child care centers and preschools in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area
The child care centers and preschools in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #267 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 85
- 9 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 93
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $65.4M
- On child care and other personal services · $390 a household
- Spending per listing
- $770K
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 431,329
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $390 per household (33% below the U.S. average), households in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area spend about $65.4M a year on child care and other personal services. Spread across 85 child care centers and preschools, that is $770K per center, 23% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Gulfport-Biloxi metro area has 85 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 11%, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 93 businesses with payroll in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area classed as child care services, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,806 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 887 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Gulfport-Biloxi metro area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #267 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi.
How the Gulfport-Biloxi metro 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 | Gulfport-Biloxi metro area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $770K | $591K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,806 | 1,418 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +1.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $390 | $369 | $581 |
| Median household income | $62,418 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 930.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,192
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 887Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 859 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 65The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro 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 Gulfport-Biloxi metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 431,329+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 167,947
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,216 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 190
- Median household income
- $62,418+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,681
- Median home value
- $205,000
- Jobs located here
- 157,472
- Daytime population
- 413,801Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Mississippi for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Mississippi (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 40 | 85 | 5.1 | $770K | +3.5% | #267 of 387 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 29 | 330 | 6.3 | $694K | −0.3% | #334 of 387 |
| 2Hattiesburg, MS | 26 | 42 | 7.0 | $554K | +2.6% | #353 of 387 |
| 3Jackson, MS | 12 | 176 | 7.4 | $542K | −1.4% | #382 of 387 |
Other business types in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro 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 preschools40
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 85 child care centers and preschools in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area. 9 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 93 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 887 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $65.4M a year, or $390 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $770K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 167,947 households in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Gulfport-Biloxi metro area has 5.1 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $770K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area would have about 65, against 85 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,806 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area at 431,329 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 167,947 households. Median household income in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area is $62,418, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.2%, 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. The Gulfport-Biloxi metro area scores 40 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #267 of 387 scored metro areas.
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