How many

How many daycares are in Baltimore?

Census County Business Patterns 2023 for the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro area: daycares with paid employees, per 10,000 residents against Maryland and the US, the change since five years ago, and the ZIPs near the center with the most.

680daycares in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro area, County Business Patterns 2023

−39 since 2018 (−5%; 719 then). That is 2.4 per 10,000 residents (population estimate 2024).

The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro area
2.4 per 10,000
Maryland
0.0 per 10,000 (8)
United States
0.0 per 10,000 (45)

What this count includes

The Census counts daycares under NAICS 624410, child day care services, which covers licensed day care centers and preschools that are not part of a school system. Home-based providers appear only when they file as a business with employees.

Other metro areas in Maryland

Metro areaDaycaresPer 10,000 residents
Hagerstown-Martinsburg591.9
Lexington Park522.5
Salisbury211.6

ZIPs near the center with the most daycares

ZIPCityMiles from centerDaycaresResidentsPer 10,000
21045Columbia16.42740,8666.6
21117Owings Mills14.82361,3373.8
21244Windsor Mill12.31739,5454.3

9 more for members.

From a count to a location

  • The free ZIP checkAny ZIP in Baltimore measured from its center: households and income, jobs within reach and the named daycares already there. Each ZIP above links to its check.
  • The full reportFor one address: whether the rules allow a daycare there, the rent the location supports against the asking rent, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.

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Sources and dates

U.S. Census Bureau: County Business Patterns 2023 and 2018 (establishments by NAICS, states, metro areas and the US) and ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023; Population Estimates Vintage 2024 for the rates. Establishments with paid employees; owner-only businesses are not counted.