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Child care centers and preschools in Carson City, NV
How Carson City, NV compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #593 of 1,611 scored counties
#6 of 7 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $601 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,571
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 child care centers and preschools in Carson City. One of them (8%) is a chain location, 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.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Carson City comes to about $14.2M a year: $601 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each center on map listings, 18% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Carson City was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 1,481 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Carson City declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For child care centers and preschools, Carson City has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #593 of 1,611 scored counties and #6 of 7 scored counties in Nevada.
How Carson City compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Carson City | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 3.4 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.9M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,481 | 3,006 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.2% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $601 | $666 | $581 |
| Median household income | $72,355 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 89 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 152
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Carson City, 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 Carson City
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,571−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,692
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 145 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 404
- Median household income
- $72,355+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,042
- Median home value
- $453,000
- Jobs located here
- 29,300
- Daytime population
- 60,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lyon County, NV | 93 | 6 | 2.5 | $2.4M | +9.5% | #2 of 1,611 |
| 2Clark County, NV | 91 | 266 | 3.1 | $2.1M | +5.8% | #11 of 1,611 |
| 3Washoe County, NV | 85 | 96 | 4.8 | $1.5M | +4.4% | #38 of 1,611 |
| 4Douglas County, NV | 84 | 9 | 4.2 | $1.8M | +1.2% | #43 of 1,611 |
| 5Elko County, NV | 77 | 7 | 3.6 | $1.9M | +2.1% | #124 of 1,611 |
| 6Carson City, NV | 58 | 12 | 5.1 | $1.2M | −0.2% | #593 of 1,611 |
| 7Churchill County, NV | 56 | 6 | 6.3 | $962K | +1.1% | #659 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Carson City
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 preschools58
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Carson City, NV?
Carson City has 12 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 38 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Carson City, NV spend on child care and other personal services?
About $14.2M a year, or $601 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,692 households in Carson City and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carson City, NV compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Carson City 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 $1.2M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Carson City would have about 14, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,481 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Carson City, NV growing?
Population estimates put Carson City at 58,571 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,692 households. The median household income in Carson City is $72,355 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Carson City scores 58 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #593 of 1,611 scored counties.
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