Child care · County · Oklahoma
Child care centers and preschools in Harper County, OK
How Harper County, OK 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
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $495K
- On child care and other personal services · $371 a household
- Spending per listing
- $247K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 3,172
- −2.3% since 2020
See the child care centers and preschools around any address in Harper County
The site report maps the child care centers and preschools on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Harper County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Harper County comes to about $495K a year: $371 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. That works out to $247K per center.
Harper County has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. That is 15.0 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in Harper County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Harper County declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Harper County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Harper County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.0 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $247K | $735K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,481 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.2% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $371 | $406 | $581 |
| Median household income | $64,053 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 37 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- 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 Harper 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 Harper County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,172−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 1,333
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,039 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $64,053
- Average household income
- $76,094
- Median home value
- $99,200
- Jobs located here
- 877
- Daytime population
- 2,589Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Harper County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the child care centers and preschools on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Harper County marked.
Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 83 | 8 | 2.5 | $1.8M | +14.6% | #52 of 1,611 |
| 2Grady County, OK | 81 | 7 | 3.4 | $1.3M | +7.7% | #73 of 1,611 |
| 3Rogers County, OK | 74 | 9 | 2.5 | $1.9M | +7.1% | #168 of 1,611 |
| 4Payne County, OK | 66 | 10 | 3.1 | $1.2M | +2.8% | #361 of 1,611 |
| 5Canadian County, OK | 63 | 31 | 5.3 | $922K | +20.4% | #462 of 1,611 |
| 6McClain County, OK | 56 | 9 | 5.5 | $880K | +18.4% | #663 of 1,611 |
| 7Tulsa County, OK | 50 | 162 | 5.9 | $747K | +4.2% | #831 of 1,611 |
| 8Sequoyah County, OK | 49 | 6 | 3.9 | $797K | +4.1% | #851 of 1,611 |
| 9Kay County, OK | 46 | 6 | 3.6 | $972K | −0.3% | #917 of 1,611 |
| 10Oklahoma County, OK | 45 | 182 | 5.5 | $786K | +3.0% | #958 of 1,611 |
| Harper County, OK | Not scored | 2 | 15.0 | $247K | −2.3% |
Other business types in Harper 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 Harper County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 child care centers and preschools in Harper County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Harper County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Harper County, OK spend on child care and other personal services?
About $495K a year, or $371 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $247K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,333 households in Harper County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harper County, OK compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Harper 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, Harper County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Harper County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Harper County at 3,172 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,333 households. Median household income in Harper County is $64,053, 21% 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Harper County. It maps the child care centers and preschools on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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