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Child care centers and preschools in Hidalgo County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Hidalgo County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $639K
- On child care and other personal services · $432 a household
- Spending per listing
- $639K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 3,929
- −5.6% since 2020
See the child care centers and preschools around any address in Hidalgo County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 child care center or preschool in Hidalgo County. That is 6.8 per 10,000 households.
At $432 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Hidalgo County spend about $639K a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $639K of household spending for each center on map listings.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Hidalgo County classed as child care services. That is one for every 493 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hidalgo County declined 5.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Hidalgo County 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 | Hidalgo County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $639K | $1.3M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 493 | 1,865 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.6% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $432 | $571 | $581 |
| Median household income | $48,882 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $367K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Hidalgo County, 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 Hidalgo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,929−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,478
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,439 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $48,882
- Average household income
- $65,510
- Median home value
- $111,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,079
- Daytime population
- 3,486Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Hidalgo County?
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 88 | 27 | 4.7 | $1.5M | +6.9% | #22 of 1,611 |
| 2Santa Fe County, NM | 85 | 30 | 4.2 | $1.7M | +1.2% | #37 of 1,611 |
| 3Eddy County, NM | 75 | 9 | 3.8 | $1.7M | +0.3% | #152 of 1,611 |
| 4Valencia County, NM | 74 | 12 | 4.4 | $1.1M | +7.2% | #178 of 1,611 |
| 5Otero County, NM | 72 | 10 | 4.1 | $1.2M | +3.7% | #216 of 1,611 |
| 6Taos County, NM | 69 | 6 | 3.9 | $1.4M | +0.3% | #276 of 1,611 |
| 7San Juan County, NM | 62 | 20 | 4.8 | $1.1M | −0.9% | #484 of 1,611 |
| 8Doña Ana County, NM | 60 | 42 | 4.9 | $1M | +4.1% | #540 of 1,611 |
| 9Chaves County, NM | 59 | 8 | 3.4 | $1.4M | −2.7% | #564 of 1,611 |
| 10Bernalillo County, NM | 57 | 151 | 5.3 | $1.1M | −1.4% | #624 of 1,611 |
| Hidalgo County, NM | Not scored | 1 | 6.8 | $639K | −5.6% |
Other business types in Hidalgo County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Hidalgo County, NM?
There is 1 child care center or preschool on map listings in Hidalgo County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hidalgo County, NM spend on child care and other personal services?
About $639K a year, or $432 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $639K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,478 households in Hidalgo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hidalgo County, NM compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Hidalgo County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 493 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Hidalgo County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Hidalgo County at 3,929 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,478 households. The median household income in Hidalgo County is $48,882 a year, 39% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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