Child care · Metro area · Oregon
Child care centers and preschools in the Albany, OR metro area
The child care centers and preschools in the Albany, OR metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #46 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon
- Listings
- 23
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.1M
- On child care and other personal services · $554 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 132,843
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 child care centers and preschools in the Albany metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
At $554 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the Albany metro area spend about $28.1M a year on child care and other personal services. That works out to $1.2M per center, 22% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in the Albany metro area classed as child care services. That is one for every 2,114 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 207 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Albany metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Albany metro area scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #46 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Albany metro area compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Albany metro area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,114 | 1,133 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $554 | $712 | $581 |
| Median household income | $76,329 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24
- Employees, 2023
- 322
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 207Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 230 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 the Albany 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 Albany metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 132,843+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 50,729
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,290 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $76,329+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,267
- Median home value
- $376,400
- Jobs located here
- 46,739
- Daytime population
- 117,614Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Albany metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Corvallis, OR | 76 | 18 | 4.7 | $1.5M | +4.4% | #30 of 387 |
| 2Albany, OR | 72 | 23 | 4.5 | $1.2M | +3.0% | #46 of 387 |
| 3Salem, OR | 61 | 73 | 4.6 | $1.4M | +2.7% | #104 of 387 |
| 4Medford, OR | 58 | 50 | 5.4 | $1.1M | −0.9% | #136 of 387 |
| 5Bend, OR | 55 | 84 | 8.0 | $938K | +7.0% | #167 of 387 |
| 6Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 53 | 751 | 7.4 | $1.1M | +1.0% | #175 of 387 |
| 7Grants Pass, OR | 53 | 20 | 5.4 | $1M | −0.4% | #177 of 387 |
| 8Eugene-Springfield, OR | 47 | 85 | 5.3 | $1.1M | −0.7% | #214 of 387 |
Other business types in the Albany metro area
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 preschools72
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Albany, OR metro area?
There are 23 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Albany metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 207 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Albany, OR metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $28.1M a year, or $554 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,729 households in the Albany metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Albany, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Albany metro area has 4.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.2M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Albany metro area would have about 28, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,114 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Albany, OR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Albany metro area at 132,843 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,729 households. The median household income in the Albany metro area is $76,329 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Albany metro area scores 72 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #46 of 387 scored metro areas.
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