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Child care centers and preschools in Cleburne County, AL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Cleburne County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2M
On child care and other personal services · $332 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
15,970
+6.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $332 per household (43% below the U.S. average), households in Cleburne County spend about $2M a year on child care and other personal services.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Cleburne County. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Cleburne County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Cleburne County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,495 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cleburne County grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no child care centers and preschools on map listings, Cleburne County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Cleburne County compares

The same measures for Alabama 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.

Child care and preschools in Cleburne County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureCleburne CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.04.95.8
Spending per listingn/a$845K$1M
Households per official establishment1,4952,0221,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.7%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.0%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$332$412$581
Median household income$55,345$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
31
Annual payroll, 2023
$667K
One-person businesses, 2023
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
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 Cleburne 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 Cleburne County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,970+6.0% since 2020
Households
5,980
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
560 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$55,345+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,378
Median home value
$165,600
Jobs located here
2,557
Daytime population
11,795Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Cleburne County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL83153.7$1.4M+18.0%#56 of 1,611
2St. Clair County, AL79102.8$1.4M+7.1%#94 of 1,611
3Marshall County, AL78113.0$1.3M+6.0%#115 of 1,611
4Shelby County, AL75526.0$1M+6.5%#165 of 1,611
5Baldwin County, AL72515.2$916K+14.8%#224 of 1,611
6Jackson County, AL6962.8$1.2M+3.3%#283 of 1,611
7Madison County, AL69985.9$910K+11.0%#300 of 1,611
8DeKalb County, AL6862.3$1.3M+3.4%#307 of 1,611
9Blount County, AL6752.3$1.7M+1.8%#331 of 1,611
10Autauga County, AL67104.4$1M+5.1%#341 of 1,611
Cleburne County, ALNot scored00.0n/a+6.0%

Other business types in Cleburne County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in Cleburne County, AL?

There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in Cleburne County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Cleburne County, AL spend on child care and other personal services?

About $2M a year, or $332 per household. That is 43% below the U.S. average (an index of 57, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,980 households in Cleburne County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cleburne County, AL compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?

Cleburne County has no child care centers and preschools on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Cleburne County would have about 2, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,495 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Cleburne County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Cleburne County at 15,970 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,980 households. Median household income in Cleburne County is $55,345, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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. 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. Cleburne County has no market score for child care centers and preschools, having none on map listings.

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