Child care · Metro area · Texas
Child care centers and preschools in the Victoria, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Victoria, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #312 of 387 scored metro areas
#20 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 22
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.3M
- On child care and other personal services · $406 a household
- Spending per listing
- $696K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,864
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Victoria metro area scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #312 of 387 scored metro areas and #20 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Victoria metro area comes to about $15.3M a year: $406 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That works out to $696K per center, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Victoria metro area has 22 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.8 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in the Victoria metro area classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,794 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Victoria metro area grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Victoria 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 | Victoria metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $696K | $916K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,794 | 1,761 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $406 | $507 | $581 |
| Median household income | $70,236 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 285
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 168Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 221 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Victoria 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 Victoria metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,864+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 37,666
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,734 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $70,236+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,592
- Median home value
- $208,800
- Jobs located here
- 35,654
- Daytime population
- 91,392Residents 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 Victoria 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 |
| 20Victoria, TX | 33 | 22 | 5.8 | $696K | +1.6% | #312 of 387 |
Other business types in the Victoria 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 preschools33
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Victoria, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 child care centers and preschools in the Victoria metro area. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 168 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Victoria, TX metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $15.3M a year, or $406 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $696K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 37,666 households in the Victoria metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Victoria, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Victoria metro area has 5.8 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $696K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Victoria metro area would have about 15, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,794 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Victoria, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Victoria metro area at 99,864 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 37,666 households. Median household income in the Victoria metro area is $70,236, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, 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 Victoria metro area scores 33 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #312 of 387 scored metro areas.
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