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Child care centers and preschools in Henderson County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #438 of 1,611 scored counties
#48 of 104 scored counties in Texas

Listings
16
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.3M
On child care and other personal services · $395 a household
Spending per listing
$828K
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.8
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
88,595
+7.5% 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

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Henderson County comes to about $13.3M a year: $395 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That works out to $828K per center, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1M.

Henderson County has 16 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.8, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Henderson County classed as child care services. That is one for every 2,798 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 82 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Henderson County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Henderson County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #438 of 1,611 scored counties and #48 of 104 scored counties in Texas.

How Henderson County 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 Henderson County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHenderson CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.85.55.8
Spending per listing$828K$916K$1M
Households per official establishment2,7981,7611,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.1%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$395$507$581
Median household income$65,179$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6465

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 12
Employees, 2023
111
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
82Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
160 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Henderson 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 Henderson County

Population, 2025 estimate
88,595+7.5% since 2020
Households
33,575
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
874 sq. mi.
People per square mile
97
Median household income
$65,179+37.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,325
Median home value
$211,300
Jobs located here
19,641
Daytime population
73,197Residents 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 counties in Texas for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Texas, with Henderson County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX9352.7$2M+21.9%#3 of 1,611
2Kendall County, TX9295.1$1.4M+19.6%#8 of 1,611
3Comal County, TX91334.6$1.4M+27.9%#13 of 1,611
4Johnson County, TX88233.5$1.4M+20.5%#23 of 1,611
5Montgomery County, TX861194.8$1.3M+24.9%#35 of 1,611
6Rockwall County, TX85225.3$1.4M+28.9%#39 of 1,611
7Hunt County, TX84102.6$1.6M+23.0%#45 of 1,611
8Wise County, TX83104.0$1.4M+21.5%#57 of 1,611
9Chambers County, TX8274.1$1.6M+22.6%#63 of 1,611
10Midland County, TX81294.3$1.4M+10.0%#71 of 1,611
48Henderson County, TX64164.8$828K+7.5%#438 of 1,611

Other business types in Henderson 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 Henderson County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 child care centers and preschools in Henderson County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 82 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $13.3M a year, or $395 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $828K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,575 households in Henderson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Henderson County has 4.8 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $828K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Henderson County would have about 13, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,798 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Henderson County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Henderson County at 88,595 people in 2025, up 7.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,575 households. Median household income in Henderson County is $65,179, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.6%, 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. Henderson County scores 64 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #438 of 1,611 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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