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Child care centers and preschools in Tooele County, UT

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #242 of 1,611 scored counties
#6 of 16 scored counties in Utah

Listings
19
1 chain location (5%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.6M
On child care and other personal services · $779 a household
Spending per listing
$982K
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.9
36% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
87,461
+19.2% 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

At $779 per household (34% above the U.S. average), households in Tooele County spend about $18.6M a year on child care and other personal services. That works out to $982K per center, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1M.

Tooele County has 19 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 7.9 for every 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Tooele County classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,595 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 95 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $719K have gone to businesses classed as child care services in Tooele County.

Population estimates put the population change in Tooele County from 2020 to 2025 at +19.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Tooele County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #242 of 1,611 scored counties and #6 of 16 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Tooele County compares

The same measures for Utah 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 Tooele County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureTooele CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.96.95.8
Spending per listing$982K$1.1M$1M
Households per official establishment1,5951,5101,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.1%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+19.2%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$779$771$581
Median household income$106,587$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score7173

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 15
Employees, 2023
206
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
95Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
191 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
3
Amount
$719K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Tooele 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 Tooele County

Population, 2025 estimate
87,461+19.2% since 2020
Households
23,925
Median age
32.7
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
7,040 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$106,587+43.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$124,358
Median home value
$431,600
Jobs located here
18,741
Daytime population
54,672Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Utah

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The highest-scoring counties in Utah for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Utah, with Tooele County marked.

Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, UT93314.4$1.5M+17.4%#5 of 1,611
2Wasatch County, UT8097.0$1.4M+9.9%#81 of 1,611
3Utah County, UT751648.1$1M+14.5%#164 of 1,611
4Davis County, UT73897.7$1.1M+4.8%#197 of 1,611
5Box Elder County, UT73115.6$1.1M+12.7%#198 of 1,611
6Tooele County, UT71197.9$982K+19.2%#242 of 1,611
7Salt Lake County, UT682465.8$1.4M+2.9%#305 of 1,611
8Duchesne County, UT6857.3$851K+6.3%#326 of 1,611
9Weber County, UT65838.8$790K+5.8%#408 of 1,611
10Uintah County, UT62108.2$710K+7.3%#496 of 1,611

Other business types in Tooele 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 Tooele County, UT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 child care centers and preschools in Tooele County. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 95 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $18.6M a year, or $779 per household. That is 34% above the U.S. average (an index of 134, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $982K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,925 households in Tooele County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tooele County has 7.9 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $982K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1M. 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 1,595 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Tooele County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Tooele County at 87,461 people in 2025, up 19.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,925 households. Median household income in Tooele County is $106,587, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.0%, 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. Tooele County scores 71 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #242 of 1,611 scored counties.

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