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Child care centers and preschools in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area

How the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #164 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
182
17 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
207
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$183.2M
On child care and other personal services · $719 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.1
22% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
718,377
+3.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 182 child care centers and preschools in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area. 17 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.1, 22% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.

Households in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area spend about $183.2M a year on child care and other personal services, or $719 per household, 24% above the U.S. average. Spread across 182 child care centers and preschools, that is $1M per center, in line with the U.S. figure of $1M.

Official counts show 207 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,231 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 735 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $8.8M have gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #164 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.

How the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area compares

The same measures for New York 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.

Child care and preschools in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureKiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.15.75.8
Spending per listing$1M$1.2M$1M
Households per official establishment1,2311,1501,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+6.0%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$719$684$581
Median household income$98,233$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5550

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
2070.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,796
Annual payroll, 2023
$80.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
735Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
18217 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
183The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$8.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
718,377+3.0% since 2020
Households
254,883
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,608 sq. mi.
People per square mile
438
Median household income
$98,233
Average household income
$128,603
Median home value
$393,600
Jobs located here
259,641
Daytime population
650,521Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Binghamton, NY67313.0$1.6M−1.3%#69 of 387
2Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY602104.2$1.3M−0.8%#116 of 387
3Utica-Rome, NY58494.1$1.2M−2.0%#134 of 387
4Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY582075.4$1.2M+1.9%#135 of 387
5Syracuse, NY571224.5$1.2M−1.3%#144 of 387
6Watertown-Fort Drum, NY57194.0$1.1M−3.9%#145 of 387
7New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ554,8156.5$1.2M+0.6%#162 of 387
8Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY551827.1$1M+3.0%#164 of 387
9Rochester, NY542114.7$1.2M−0.7%#170 of 387
10Elmira, NY51164.5$998K−3.9%#186 of 387

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Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area?

The Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area has 182 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 207 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 735 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area spend on child care and other personal services?

About $183.2M a year, or $719 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 182 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 254,883 households in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?

The Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area has 7.1 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area would have about 183, against 182 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,231 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.

How fast is the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area at 718,377 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 254,883 households. The median household income in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area is $98,233 a year, 22% above 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area scores 55 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #164 of 387 scored metro areas.

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