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Child care centers and preschools in Crook County, WY
How Crook County, WY 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
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $583 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 7,852
- +9.3% since 2020
See the child care centers and preschools around any address in Crook County
The site report maps the child care centers and preschools on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Crook County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 child care center or preschool in Crook County. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households.
Households in Crook County spend about $1.7M a year on child care and other personal services, or $583 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each center on map listings.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Crook County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Crook County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Crook County compares
The same measures for Wyoming 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 | Crook County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 8.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $731K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 993 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $583 | $619 | $581 |
| Median household income | $79,637 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 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 Crook 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 Crook County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,852+9.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,907
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 2,855 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $79,637
- Average household income
- $92,642
- Median home value
- $285,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,505
- Daytime population
- 7,409Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Crook County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the child care centers and preschools on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Wyoming market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Wyoming for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with Crook County marked.
Top counties in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany County, WY | 63 | 7 | 4.1 | $1.3M | +3.9% | #444 of 1,611 |
| 2Campbell County, WY | 55 | 13 | 7.2 | $969K | +2.1% | #683 of 1,611 |
| 3Lincoln County, WY | 55 | 8 | 9.6 | $727K | +7.8% | #697 of 1,611 |
| 4Sweetwater County, WY | 54 | 10 | 5.7 | $1.1M | −2.2% | #706 of 1,611 |
| 5Teton County, WY | 52 | 10 | 10.2 | $1.1M | −0.2% | #763 of 1,611 |
| 6Uinta County, WY | 49 | 10 | 13.0 | $462K | +1.3% | #865 of 1,611 |
| 7Park County, WY | 44 | 11 | 8.3 | $703K | +5.1% | #984 of 1,611 |
| 8Sheridan County, WY | 42 | 13 | 9.4 | $610K | +7.2% | #1,051 of 1,611 |
| 9Laramie County, WY | 41 | 42 | 9.7 | $642K | +2.2% | #1,076 of 1,611 |
| 10Natrona County, WY | 36 | 30 | 8.9 | $674K | +0.3% | #1,185 of 1,611 |
| Crook County, WY | Not scored | 1 | 3.4 | $1.7M | +9.3% |
Other business types in Crook County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
- Child care and preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Crook County, WY?
There is 1 child care center or preschool on map listings in Crook County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Crook County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Crook County, WY spend on child care and other personal services?
About $1.7M a year, or $583 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,907 households in Crook County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crook County, WY compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Crook County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Crook County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Crook County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Crook County at 7,852 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,907 households. The median household income in Crook County is $79,637 a year, in line with 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Crook County. It maps the child care centers and preschools on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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