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Child care centers and preschools in the Eagle Pass, TX metro area

How the Eagle Pass, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 13 out of 100: Low

Ranked #381 of 387 scored metro areas
#24 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
15
3 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.8M
On child care and other personal services · $319 a household
Spending per listing
$385K
62% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.3
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
58,823
+1.7% 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

For child care centers and preschools, the Eagle Pass metro area has a Groundwork market score of 13 (low): #381 of 387 scored metro areas and #24 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Eagle Pass metro area comes to about $5.8M a year: $319 per household, 45% below the U.S. average. That works out to $385K per center, 62% below the U.S. figure of $1M.

The Eagle Pass metro area has 15 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 8.3 for every 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Eagle Pass metro area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 1,291 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Eagle Pass metro area grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Eagle Pass metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Eagle Pass, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureEagle Pass metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.35.55.8
Spending per listing$385K$916K$1M
Households per official establishment1,2911,7611,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.1%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$319$507$581
Median household income$49,568$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score1365

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
213
Annual payroll, 2023
$5M
One-person businesses, 2023
174Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
153 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 the Eagle Pass 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 Eagle Pass metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
58,823+1.7% since 2020
Households
18,080
Median age
30.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,280 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$49,568+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$64,509
Median home value
$158,700
Jobs located here
16,329
Daytime population
51,575Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Eagle Pass metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Midland, TX80304.3$1.4M+9.8%#19 of 387
2Odessa, TX77223.4$1.3M+5.0%#29 of 387
3San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX734514.7$1M+9.5%#42 of 387
4Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX726096.2$1M+14.0%#50 of 387
5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX701,6085.6$1M+10.6%#56 of 387
6Abilene, TX67243.6$1.1M+4.8%#72 of 387
7College Station-Bryan, TX64474.4$958K+6.9%#91 of 387
8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX621,5045.7$960K+10.3%#101 of 387
9Sherman-Denison, TX60295.2$834K+12.8%#122 of 387
10San Angelo, TX59173.6$1.1M+0.3%#127 of 387
24Eagle Pass, TX13158.3$385K+1.7%#381 of 387

Other business types in the Eagle Pass metro area

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

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in the Eagle Pass, TX metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 child care centers and preschools in the Eagle Pass metro area. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 174 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Eagle Pass, TX metro area spend on child care and other personal services?

About $5.8M a year, or $319 per household. That is 45% below the U.S. average (an index of 55, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $385K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,080 households in the Eagle Pass metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Eagle Pass, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?

The Eagle Pass metro area has 8.3 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $385K, 62% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Eagle Pass metro area would have about 6, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,291 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is the Eagle Pass, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Eagle Pass metro area at 58,823 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,080 households. Median household income in the Eagle Pass metro area is $49,568, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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 Eagle Pass metro area scores 13 for child care centers and preschools (low), #381 of 387 scored metro areas.

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