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Child care centers and preschools in Curry County, OR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Curry County, OR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #592 of 1,611 scored counties
#13 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6M
- On child care and other personal services · $534 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,621
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 child care centers and preschools in Curry County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.5, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Curry County comes to about $6M a year: $534 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each center on map listings, 19% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Curry County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,860 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Curry County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in Curry County is 58 (upper middle), #592 of 1,611 scored counties and #13 of 29 scored counties in Oregon.
How Curry 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.
| Measure | Curry County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,860 | 1,133 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $534 | $712 | $581 |
| Median household income | $62,244 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Curry 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 Curry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,621−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 11,159
- Median age
- 56.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,628 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $62,244+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,583
- Median home value
- $381,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,519
- Daytime population
- 22,479Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Curry County marked.
Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, OR | 78 | 18 | 4.7 | $1.5M | +4.4% | #112 of 1,611 |
| 2Douglas County, OR | 76 | 13 | 2.7 | $1.9M | +0.6% | #137 of 1,611 |
| 3Jefferson County, OR | 75 | 5 | 5.7 | $1.1M | +4.7% | #162 of 1,611 |
| 4Linn County, OR | 74 | 23 | 4.5 | $1.2M | +3.0% | #176 of 1,611 |
| 5Clatsop County, OR | 73 | 8 | 4.4 | $1.3M | −0.6% | #192 of 1,611 |
| 6Crook County, OR | 73 | 6 | 5.6 | $1.2M | +10.6% | #195 of 1,611 |
| 7Umatilla County, OR | 71 | 9 | 3.1 | $1.7M | +1.5% | #227 of 1,611 |
| 8Polk County, OR | 70 | 10 | 3.0 | $2.4M | +2.3% | #248 of 1,611 |
| 9Tillamook County, OR | 67 | 6 | 5.0 | $1.1M | −0.3% | #337 of 1,611 |
| 10Coos County, OR | 65 | 12 | 4.2 | $1.3M | −1.5% | #387 of 1,611 |
| 13Curry County, OR | 58 | 5 | 4.5 | $1.2M | −3.8% | #592 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Curry 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 preschools58
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Curry County, OR?
There are 5 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Curry County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Curry County, OR spend on child care and other personal services?
About $6M a year, or $534 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,159 households in Curry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Curry County, OR compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Curry County 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, 19% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Curry County would have about 6, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,860 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Curry County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Curry County at 22,621 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,159 households. The median household income in Curry County is $62,244 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Curry County scores 58 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #592 of 1,611 scored counties.
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