Child care · Metro area · Texas
Child care centers and preschools in the San Angelo, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the San Angelo, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #127 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.6M
- On child care and other personal services · $393 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 122,065
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the San Angelo metro area spend about $18.6M a year on child care and other personal services, or $393 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per center, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The San Angelo metro area has 17 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 3.6 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the San Angelo metro area in 2023. That is one for every 2,959 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 115 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the San Angelo metro area grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The San Angelo metro area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #127 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the San Angelo 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.
| Measure | San Angelo metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $916K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,959 | 1,761 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $393 | $507 | $581 |
| Median household income | $68,419 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 292
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 115Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 San Angelo 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 San Angelo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 122,065+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 47,344
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,574 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $68,419
- Average household income
- $89,706
- Median home value
- $197,100
- Jobs located here
- 48,485
- Daytime population
- 120,094Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Texas, with the San Angelo metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland, TX | 80 | 30 | 4.3 | $1.4M | +9.8% | #19 of 387 |
| 2Odessa, TX | 77 | 22 | 3.4 | $1.3M | +5.0% | #29 of 387 |
| 3San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 73 | 451 | 4.7 | $1M | +9.5% | #42 of 387 |
| 4Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 72 | 609 | 6.2 | $1M | +14.0% | #50 of 387 |
| 5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 70 | 1,608 | 5.6 | $1M | +10.6% | #56 of 387 |
| 6Abilene, TX | 67 | 24 | 3.6 | $1.1M | +4.8% | #72 of 387 |
| 7College Station-Bryan, TX | 64 | 47 | 4.4 | $958K | +6.9% | #91 of 387 |
| 8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 62 | 1,504 | 5.7 | $960K | +10.3% | #101 of 387 |
| 9Sherman-Denison, TX | 60 | 29 | 5.2 | $834K | +12.8% | #122 of 387 |
| 10San Angelo, TX | 59 | 17 | 3.6 | $1.1M | +0.3% | #127 of 387 |
Other business types in the San Angelo metro 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 preschools59
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the San Angelo, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 child care centers and preschools in the San Angelo metro area. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 115 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the San Angelo, TX metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $18.6M a year, or $393 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,344 households in the San Angelo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the San Angelo, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The San Angelo metro area has 3.6 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.1M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the San Angelo metro area would have about 19, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,959 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the San Angelo, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the San Angelo metro area at 122,065 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,344 households. Median household income in the San Angelo metro area is $68,419, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 San Angelo metro area scores 59 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #127 of 387 scored metro areas.
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