Child care · Small-town market · New Mexico
Child care centers and preschools in the Deming, NM area
The child care centers and preschools in the Deming, NM area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $343 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 25,407
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $343 per household (41% below the U.S. average), households in the Deming area spend about $3.2M a year on child care and other personal services. That works out to $3.2M per center.
There is 1 child care center or preschool on map listings in the Deming area as of September 2026. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Deming area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 838 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Deming area declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, the Deming area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Deming area compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Deming area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $1.3M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 838 | 1,865 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $343 | $571 | $581 |
| Median household income | $36,419 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 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 Deming 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 Deming area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,407−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,223
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,965 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $36,419+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $54,300
- Median home value
- $128,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,479
- Daytime population
- 23,917Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 77 | 9 | 3.8 | $1.7M | +0.3% | #31 of 454 |
| 2Alamogordo, NM | 77 | 10 | 4.1 | $1.2M | +3.7% | #33 of 454 |
| 3Taos, NM | 72 | 6 | 3.9 | $1.4M | +0.3% | #59 of 454 |
| 4Hobbs, NM | 63 | 14 | 5.7 | $1.1M | +0.2% | #119 of 454 |
| 5Roswell, NM | 62 | 8 | 3.4 | $1.4M | −2.7% | #125 of 454 |
| 6Española, NM | 57 | 6 | 3.8 | $1.3M | −1.0% | #172 of 454 |
| 7Clovis, NM | 46 | 12 | 4.6 | $1M | −3.3% | #264 of 454 |
| Deming, NM | Not scored | 1 | 1.1 | $3.2M | −0.2% |
Other business types in the Deming 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 preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Deming, NM area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 child care center or preschool in the Deming area. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Deming, NM area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $3.2M a year, or $343 per household. That is 41% below the U.S. average (an index of 59, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,223 households in the Deming area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Deming, NM area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Deming area has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Deming area would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 838 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Deming, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Deming area at 25,407 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,223 households. Median household income in the Deming area is $36,419, 55% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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 Deming area has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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