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Child care centers and preschools in Medina County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 80 out of 100: High

Ranked #83 of 1,611 scored counties
#13 of 104 scored counties in Texas

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.1M
On child care and other personal services · $454 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
56,881
+11.4% 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, Medina County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #83 of 1,611 scored counties and #13 of 104 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for child care centers and preschools.

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Medina County comes to about $8.1M a year: $454 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each center on map listings, 34% above the U.S. figure of $1M.

There are 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Medina County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Medina County in 2023. That is one for every 2,226 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Medina County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Medina 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 Medina County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMedina CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.45.55.8
Spending per listing$1.3M$916K$1M
Households per official establishment2,2261,7611,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.1%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$454$507$581
Median household income$78,074$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score8065

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 8
Employees, 2023
88
Annual payroll, 2023
$2M
One-person businesses, 2023
66Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Medina 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 Medina County

Population, 2025 estimate
56,881+11.4% since 2020
Households
17,804
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,325 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$78,074+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,735
Median home value
$239,600
Jobs located here
9,140
Daytime population
39,685Residents 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 Medina 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
13Medina County, TX8063.4$1.3M+11.4%#83 of 1,611

Other business types in Medina 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 Medina County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 child care centers and preschools in Medina County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 66 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $8.1M a year, or $454 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,804 households in Medina County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Medina County has 3.4 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.3M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Medina County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,226 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Medina County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Medina County at 56,881 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,804 households. Median household income in Medina County is $78,074, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Medina County scores 80 for child care centers and preschools (high), #83 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 Medina County

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