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Child care centers and preschools in Sabine County, TX

How Sabine County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.7M
On child care and other personal services · $358 a household
Spending per listing
$832K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,012
+1.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 child care centers and preschools in Sabine County. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households.

Households in Sabine County spend about $1.7M a year on child care and other personal services, or $358 per household, 38% below the U.S. average. That is about $832K of household spending for each center on map listings.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Sabine County classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,550 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Sabine County grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Sabine County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Sabine 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 Sabine County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureSabine CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.35.55.8
Spending per listing$832K$916K$1M
Households per official establishment1,5501,7611,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.1%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$358$507$581
Median household income$66,585$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored65

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
22
Annual payroll, 2023
$573K
One-person businesses, 2023
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 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 Sabine 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 Sabine County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,012+1.2% since 2020
Households
4,649
Median age
50.9
Homes lived in by their owners
86%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
492 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$66,585+90.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,184
Median home value
$153,100
Jobs located here
2,322
Daytime population
9,215Residents 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 Sabine 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
Sabine County, TXNot scored24.3$832K+1.2%

Other business types in Sabine 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 Sabine County, TX?

Sabine County has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings 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 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $1.7M a year, or $358 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $832K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,649 households in Sabine County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sabine County has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,550 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Sabine County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Sabine County at 10,012 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,649 households. The median household income in Sabine County is $66,585 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 90.3% 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. Sabine County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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 Sabine County

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