Child care · Small-town market · Wyoming
Child care centers and preschools in the Riverton, WY area
How the Riverton, WY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #383 of 454 scored small-town markets
#8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming
- Listings
- 18
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- −5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $7.6M
- On child care and other personal services · $506 a household
- Spending per listing
- $423K
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.0
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,464
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For child care centers and preschools, the Riverton area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #383 of 454 scored small-town markets and #8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Riverton area comes to about $7.6M a year: $506 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $423K of household spending for each center on map listings, 58% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
There are 18 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Riverton area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 12.0 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in the Riverton area classed as child care services, down 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 791 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Riverton area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Riverton area 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 | Riverton area | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.0 | 8.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $423K | $731K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 791 | 993 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.0% | +5.2% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $506 | $619 | $581 |
| Median household income | $64,904 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19−5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 128
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 69Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 180 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Riverton 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 Riverton area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,464+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 15,037
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 9,184 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $64,904+16.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,945
- Median home value
- $268,800
- Jobs located here
- 15,452
- Daytime population
- 38,967Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laramie, WY | 70 | 7 | 4.1 | $1.3M | +3.9% | #72 of 454 |
| 2Jackson, WY-ID | 69 | 11 | 7.6 | $1.4M | +4.2% | #78 of 454 |
| 3Gillette, WY | 61 | 13 | 7.2 | $969K | +2.1% | #137 of 454 |
| 4Evanston, WY-UT | 59 | 10 | 11.6 | $514K | +2.0% | #163 of 454 |
| 5Rock Springs, WY | 58 | 10 | 5.7 | $1.1M | −2.2% | #165 of 454 |
| 6Cody, WY | 51 | 11 | 8.3 | $703K | +5.1% | #228 of 454 |
| 7Sheridan, WY | 48 | 13 | 9.4 | $610K | +7.2% | #249 of 454 |
| 8Riverton, WY | 30 | 18 | 12.0 | $423K | +0.7% | #383 of 454 |
Other business types in the Riverton 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 preschools30
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Riverton, WY area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 child care centers and preschools in the Riverton area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 69 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Riverton, WY area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $7.6M a year, or $506 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $423K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,037 households in the Riverton area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Riverton, WY area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Riverton area has 12.0 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $423K, 58% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Riverton area would have about 8, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 791 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Riverton, WY area growing?
Population estimates put the Riverton area at 39,464 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,037 households. Median household income in the Riverton area is $64,904, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.1%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Riverton area scores 30 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #383 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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