Child care · Small-town market · Wyoming
Child care centers and preschools in the Rock Springs, WY area
How the Rock Springs, 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #165 of 454 scored small-town markets
#5 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming
- Listings
- 10
- 3 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.8M
- On child care and other personal services · $616 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,267
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Rock Springs area spend about $10.8M a year on child care and other personal services, or $616 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per center, 8% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
There are 10 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Rock Springs area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Rock Springs area classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,591 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 40 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Rock Springs area declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in the Rock Springs area is 58 (upper middle), #165 of 454 scored small-town markets and #5 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming.
How the Rock Springs 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 | Rock Springs area | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 8.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $731K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,591 | 993 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $616 | $619 | $581 |
| Median household income | $75,034 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 114
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 40Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 103 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Rock Springs 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 Rock Springs area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,267−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 17,502
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 10,427 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $75,034+0.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,925
- Median home value
- $251,400
- Jobs located here
- 21,166
- Daytime population
- 41,848Residents 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 Rock Springs 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 preschools58
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Rock Springs, WY area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 child care centers and preschools in the Rock Springs area. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 40 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Rock Springs, WY area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $10.8M a year, or $616 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,502 households in the Rock Springs area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rock Springs, WY area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Rock Springs area has 5.7 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.1M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Rock Springs area would have about 11, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,591 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Rock Springs, WY area growing?
Population estimates put the Rock Springs area at 41,267 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,502 households. Median household income in the Rock Springs area is $75,034, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 0.3%, 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 Rock Springs area scores 58 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #165 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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