Child care · Small-town market · South Dakota
Child care centers and preschools in the Vermillion, SD area
The child care centers and preschools in the Vermillion, SD area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2M
- On child care and other personal services · $360 a household
- Spending per listing
- $666K
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,031
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 child care centers and preschools in the Vermillion area. That comes to 5.4 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Vermillion area comes to about $2M a year: $360 per household, 38% below the U.S. average. That is about $666K of household spending for each center on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Vermillion area classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,849 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Vermillion area grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, the Vermillion area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Vermillion area compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Vermillion area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $666K | $598K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,849 | 1,306 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $360 | $399 | $581 |
| Median household income | $56,850 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 65
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $362K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Vermillion 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 Vermillion area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,031+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 5,547
- Median age
- 31.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 412 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $56,850+12.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,631
- Median home value
- $232,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,728
- Daytime population
- 14,972Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Watertown, SD | 64 | 6 | 4.8 | $723K | +4.3% | #118 of 454 |
| 2Spearfish, SD | 54 | 6 | 5.0 | $749K | +14.0% | #201 of 454 |
| 3Aberdeen, SD | 40 | 14 | 7.8 | $501K | −1.5% | #318 of 454 |
| 4Mitchell, SD | 37 | 5 | 4.6 | $774K | +0.6% | #333 of 454 |
| 5Brookings, SD | 37 | 11 | 8.0 | $470K | +9.6% | #341 of 454 |
| 6Pierre, SD | 26 | 8 | 9.4 | $439K | −0.5% | #403 of 454 |
| Vermillion, SD | Not scored | 3 | 5.4 | $666K | +0.2% |
Other business types in the Vermillion 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 preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Vermillion, SD area?
There are 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Vermillion area as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Vermillion, SD area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $2M a year, or $360 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $666K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,547 households in the Vermillion area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vermillion, SD area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Vermillion area has 5.4 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $666K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Vermillion area would have about 2, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,849 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Vermillion, SD area growing?
Population estimates put the Vermillion area at 15,031 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,547 households. The median household income in the Vermillion area is $56,850 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.1% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Vermillion area has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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