Child care · Small-town market · Nebraska
Child care centers and preschools in the Beatrice, NE area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Beatrice, NE area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #257 of 454 scored small-town markets
#1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.3M
- On child care and other personal services · $351 a household
- Spending per listing
- $654K
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,711
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Beatrice area spend about $3.3M a year on child care and other personal services, or $351 per household, 40% below the U.S. average. That is about $654K of household spending for each center on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
There are 5 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Beatrice area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.4 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Beatrice area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,332 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 64 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Beatrice area grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Beatrice area scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #257 of 454 scored small-town markets and #1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska.
How the Beatrice area compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Beatrice area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 7.4 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $654K | $566K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,332 | 1,080 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $351 | $421 | $581 |
| Median household income | $67,247 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $793K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 64Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Beatrice 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 Beatrice area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,711+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,327
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 852 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $67,247+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,338
- Median home value
- $174,000
- Jobs located here
- 8,371
- Daytime population
- 18,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Beatrice, NE | 47 | 5 | 5.4 | $654K | +0.2% | #257 of 454 |
| 2Lexington, NE | 47 | 6 | 6.0 | $616K | +1.1% | #259 of 454 |
| 3Hastings, NE | 42 | 7 | 4.1 | $909K | −0.2% | #299 of 454 |
| 4Kearney, NE | 41 | 14 | 6.1 | $645K | +1.9% | #309 of 454 |
| 5Columbus, NE | 41 | 14 | 8.1 | $456K | +3.8% | #312 of 454 |
| 6North Platte, NE | 34 | 8 | 5.3 | $643K | −3.6% | #356 of 454 |
| 7Fremont, NE | 31 | 15 | 9.9 | $364K | +2.6% | #378 of 454 |
| 8Norfolk, NE | 27 | 15 | 7.6 | $483K | +1.1% | #399 of 454 |
| 9Scottsbluff, NE | 20 | 12 | 7.8 | $421K | −1.2% | #422 of 454 |
Other business types in the Beatrice 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 preschools47
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Beatrice, NE area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 child care centers and preschools in the Beatrice area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 64 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Beatrice, NE area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $3.3M a year, or $351 per household. That is 40% below the U.S. average (an index of 60, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $654K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,327 households in the Beatrice area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Beatrice, NE area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Beatrice area has 5.4 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $654K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Beatrice area would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,332 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Beatrice, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the Beatrice area at 21,711 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,327 households. Median household income in the Beatrice area is $67,247, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. 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 Beatrice area scores 47 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #257 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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