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Child care centers and preschools in McKinley County, NM
How McKinley County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $454 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 68,119
- −6.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $454 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in McKinley County spend about $9.7M a year on child care and other personal services. That works out to $4.9M per center.
There are 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings in McKinley County as of September 2026. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in McKinley County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 156 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McKinley County declined 6.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, McKinley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How McKinley 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 | McKinley County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.9M | $1.3M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,865 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.1% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $454 | $571 | $581 |
| Median household income | $47,668 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 156Businesses 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 McKinley 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 McKinley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,119−6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 21,353
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 5,451 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $47,668+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,961
- Median home value
- $78,700
- Jobs located here
- 19,649
- Daytime population
- 70,240Residents 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 |
| McKinley County, NM | Not scored | 2 | 0.9 | $4.9M | −6.1% |
Other business types in McKinley 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 McKinley County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 child care centers and preschools in McKinley County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in McKinley County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 156 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in McKinley County, NM spend on child care and other personal services?
About $9.7M a year, or $454 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $4.9M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,353 households in McKinley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McKinley County, NM compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
McKinley 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, McKinley County would have about 10, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is McKinley County, NM growing?
Population estimates put McKinley County at 68,119 people in 2025, down 6.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,353 households. Median household income in McKinley County is $47,668, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.9%, 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. McKinley 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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