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Child care centers and preschools in the Texarkana, TX-AR metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Texarkana, TX-AR metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #383 of 387 scored metro areas
#25 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 39
- 5 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 42
- +13.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $20.3M
- On child care and other personal services · $360 a household
- Spending per listing
- $520K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 146,816
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For child care centers and preschools, the Texarkana metro area has a Groundwork market score of 12 (low): #383 of 387 scored metro areas and #25 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 child care centers and preschools in the Texarkana metro area. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.9, 19% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Texarkana metro area comes to about $20.3M a year: $360 per household, 38% below the U.S. average. That works out to $520K per center, 48% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
In 2023, official counts showed 42 businesses with payroll in the Texarkana metro area classed as child care services, up 13.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,339 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $627K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Texarkana metro area. Population estimates show the Texarkana metro area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Texarkana 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 | Texarkana metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $520K | $916K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,339 | 1,761 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.5% | +10.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $360 | $507 | $581 |
| Median household income | $55,646 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42+13.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 446
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 206Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 395 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $627K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Texarkana 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 Texarkana metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 146,816−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 56,252
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,040 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 72
- Median household income
- $55,646+17.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,389
- Median home value
- $160,600
- Jobs located here
- 54,527
- Daytime population
- 142,275Residents 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 Texarkana 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 |
| 25Texarkana, TX-AR | 12 | 39 | 6.9 | $520K | −0.4% | #383 of 387 |
Other business types in the Texarkana 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 preschools12
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Texarkana, TX-AR metro area?
The Texarkana metro area has 39 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, up 13.5% from 2019. Another 206 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Texarkana, TX-AR metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $20.3M a year, or $360 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $520K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,252 households in the Texarkana metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Texarkana, TX-AR metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Texarkana metro area has 6.9 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $520K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Texarkana metro area would have about 20, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,339 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Texarkana, TX-AR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Texarkana metro area at 146,816 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 56,252 households. The median household income in the Texarkana metro area is $55,646 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.5% 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. The Texarkana metro area scores 12 for child care centers and preschools (low), #383 of 387 scored metro areas.
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