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Child care centers and preschools in Los Alamos County, NM
The child care centers and preschools in Los Alamos County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.6M
- On child care and other personal services · $1,169 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,407
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Los Alamos County spend about $9.6M a year on child care and other personal services, or $1,169 per household, twice the U.S. average. That is about $4.8M of household spending for each center on map listings.
Los Alamos County has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Los Alamos County in 2023. That is one for every 1,031 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Los Alamos County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Los Alamos County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Los Alamos 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 | Los Alamos County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $1.3M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,031 | 1,865 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $1,169 | $571 | $581 |
| Median household income | $147,139 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 65
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,4070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,247
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 109 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 178
- Median household income
- $147,139+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $170,885
- Median home value
- $495,800
- Jobs located here
- 20,699
- Daytime population
- 29,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Los Alamos County, NM | Not scored | 2 | 2.4 | $4.8M | 0.0% |
Other business types in Los Alamos County
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 Los Alamos County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 child care centers and preschools in Los Alamos County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Los Alamos County, NM spend on child care and other personal services?
About $9.6M a year, or $1,169 per household. That is twice the U.S. average (an index of 201, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $4.8M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,247 households in Los Alamos County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Los Alamos County, NM compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Los Alamos County has 2 child care centers and preschools 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, Los Alamos County would have about 10, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,031 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Los Alamos County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Los Alamos County at 19,407 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,247 households. Median household income in Los Alamos County is $147,139, 82% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Los Alamos County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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