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Childcare real estate, market by market.
Cap rates from real sold transactions, 2025 tuition rates received directly from schools, and Census demographics — the same data we use to price our clients' deals, published market by market.
592
Childcare sales in our comps dataset
41
States covered by the dataset
7.11%
Median sold cap rate, national
325+
Centers in our 2025 tuition survey
Sources: Little Scholars sold-comps dataset (updated June 2026, compiled from public records) and Little Scholars 2025 brand rate survey.
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Sold comps database
592Childcare sales
41States
Los Angeles
$1,752Median preschool / mo
689,012Under-5 (2023)
San Diego
$1,979Median preschool / mo
94%Median occupancy
Bay Area
$1,983Median preschool / mo
$122,709Median income
Riverside–San Bernardino
$1,493Median preschool / mo
287,667Under-5 (2023)
Sacramento
$1,540Median preschool / mo
+5.0%Pop growth 2018–23
Fresno
$1,277Median preschool / mo
72,049Under-5 (2023)
Miami
328,741Under-5 (2023)
7.1%FL median cap
Orlando
+3.2%Under-5 growth 2018–23
+11.0%Pop growth 2018–23
Tampa
161,580Under-5 (2023)
+6.9%Pop growth 2018–23
Jacksonville
+4.9%Under-5 growth 2018–23
+11.5%Pop growth 2018–23
Atlanta
$1,223Median preschool / mo
364,051Under-5 (2023)
Phoenix
$1,284Median preschool / mo
281,730Under-5 (2023)
Dallas–Fort Worth
$1,256Median preschool / mo
+7.6%Pop growth 2018–23
Philadelphia
$1,591Median preschool / mo
345,905Under-5 (2023)
Chicago
$1,658Median preschool / mo
91%Median occupancy
Detroit
$1,494Median preschool / mo
89%Median occupancy
Columbus
$1,472Median preschool / mo
6.8%OH median cap
Minneapolis–St. Paul
$1,689Median preschool / mo
$98,180Median income
Seattle
$1,819Median preschool / mo
$112,594Median income
Raleigh–Durham
$1,516Median preschool / mo
+6.1%Pop growth 2018–23
Las Vegas
$1,299Median preschool / mo
+7.1%Pop growth 2018–23
Albuquerque
$1,267Median preschool / mo
46,282Under-5 (2023)
Washington, DC
$1,797Median preschool / mo
$123,896Median income
Houston
$1,202Median preschool / mo
487,845Under-5 (2023)
Austin
+2.0%Under-5 growth 2018–23
+14.5%Pop growth 2018–23
Denver
$1,710Median preschool / mo
90%Median occupancy
Portland
$1,554Median preschool / mo
$94,573Median income
Indianapolis
$1,386Median preschool / mo
88%Median occupancy
Kansas City
$1,481Median preschool / mo
89%Median occupancy
Oklahoma City
$1,009Median preschool / mo
+5.5%Pop growth 2018–23
Grand Rapids
$1,297Median preschool / mo
+9.9%Pop growth 2018–23
Tucson
$1,146Median preschool / mo
52,285Under-5 (2023)
Boston
$2,879Median preschool / mo
$112,484Median income
New York Metro
$1,733Median preschool / mo
1.27MUnder-5 (2023)
Nashville
+4.7%Under-5 growth 2018–23
+9.6%Pop growth 2018–23
Baltimore
$423MD median $/SF
$97,300Median income
San Antonio
$1,191Median preschool / mo
+7.7%Pop growth 2018–23
Charleston
+1.9%Under-5 growth 2018–23
+7.7%Pop growth 2018–23
Richmond
$1,393Median preschool / mo
+0.1%Under-5 change 2018–23
Piedmont Triad
$1,273Median preschool / mo
94,264Under-5 (2023)
Des Moines
+3.1%Under-5 growth 2018–23
+13.6%Pop growth 2018–23
Wichita
$1,044Median preschool / mo
10.0%KS median cap
Charlotte
$1,369Median preschool / mo
+3.7%Under-5 change 2018–23
KinderCare
6.67%Median sold cap
$381Median $/SF
The Learning Experience
7.00%Median sold cap
$460Median $/SF
Kiddie Academy
6.46%Median sold cap
$378Median $/SF
Goddard School
7.20%Median sold cap
$41.16Median rent /SF
Primrose
7.20%Median sold cap
$401Median $/SF
La Petite Academy
6.89%Median sold cap
$207Median $/SF
Tutor Time
8.47%Median sold cap
$372Median $/SF
Childtime
6.20%Median sold cap
$262Median $/SF
Tuition: 2025 rates manually received by our team directly from national-chain schools in each market; medians across schools that shared rates. Demographics: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Cap rates: Little Scholars sold-comps dataset.
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