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Child care centers and preschools in Crook County, OR

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Crook County, OR, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #195 of 1,611 scored counties
#6 of 29 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7M
On child care and other personal services · $649 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,564
+10.6% 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 6 child care centers and preschools in Crook County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.6 for every 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Crook County comes to about $7M a year: $649 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each center on map listings, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1M.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Crook County classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,540 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 45 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Crook County grew 10.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, Crook County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #195 of 1,611 scored counties and #6 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Crook County 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.

Child care and preschools in Crook County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureCrook CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.66.85.8
Spending per listing$1.2M$1M$1M
Households per official establishment1,5401,1331,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.4%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.6%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$649$712$581
Median household income$81,965$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score7348

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7
Employees, 2023
41
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
45Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Crook 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 Crook County

Population, 2025 estimate
27,564+10.6% since 2020
Households
10,782
Median age
46.0
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
2,979 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$81,965+67.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,053
Median home value
$467,000
Jobs located here
7,167
Daytime population
22,162Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Crook County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, OR78184.7$1.5M+4.4%#112 of 1,611
2Douglas County, OR76132.7$1.9M+0.6%#137 of 1,611
3Jefferson County, OR7555.7$1.1M+4.7%#162 of 1,611
4Linn County, OR74234.5$1.2M+3.0%#176 of 1,611
5Clatsop County, OR7384.4$1.3M−0.6%#192 of 1,611
6Crook County, OR7365.6$1.2M+10.6%#195 of 1,611
7Umatilla County, OR7193.1$1.7M+1.5%#227 of 1,611
8Polk County, OR70103.0$2.4M+2.3%#248 of 1,611
9Tillamook County, OR6765.0$1.1M−0.3%#337 of 1,611
10Coos County, OR65124.2$1.3M−1.5%#387 of 1,611

Other business types in Crook County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in Crook County, OR?

Crook County has 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 45 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Crook County, OR spend on child care and other personal services?

About $7M a year, or $649 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,782 households in Crook County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crook County, OR compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?

Crook County has 5.6 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.2M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Crook County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,540 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Crook County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Crook County at 27,564 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,782 households. The median household income in Crook County is $81,965 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 67.3% 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. Crook County scores 73 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #195 of 1,611 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for child care centers and preschools · All 56 business types in Crook County

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