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Child care centers and preschools in Union County, FL
How Union County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $384 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 16,250
- +5.2% since 2020
See the child care centers and preschools around any address in Union County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 child care center or preschool in Union County. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households.
Households in Union County spend about $1.7M a year on child care and other personal services, or $384 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per center.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Union County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Union County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, Union County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Union County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Union County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $866K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,882 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.2% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $384 | $476 | $581 |
| Median household income | $64,146 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- 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 Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,250+5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,316
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 244 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $64,146+44.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,348
- Median home value
- $169,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,056
- Daytime population
- 12,718Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Union County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the child care centers and preschools on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Collier County, FL | 92 | 63 | 3.8 | $1.6M | +10.6% | #7 of 1,611 |
| 2Flagler County, FL | 91 | 9 | 1.7 | $2.8M | +21.0% | #9 of 1,611 |
| 3Sumter County, FL | 90 | 12 | 1.7 | $2.5M | +21.1% | #14 of 1,611 |
| 4Santa Rosa County, FL | 89 | 27 | 3.7 | $1.4M | +11.7% | #19 of 1,611 |
| 5Walton County, FL | 87 | 15 | 4.4 | $1.2M | +22.9% | #29 of 1,611 |
| 6Sarasota County, FL | 85 | 90 | 4.2 | $1.2M | +10.0% | #40 of 1,611 |
| 7St. Johns County, FL | 84 | 68 | 5.9 | $1.2M | +25.0% | #49 of 1,611 |
| 8Martin County, FL | 83 | 28 | 4.1 | $1.3M | +4.8% | #58 of 1,611 |
| 9Charlotte County, FL | 83 | 30 | 3.3 | $1.2M | +15.5% | #59 of 1,611 |
| 10Lake County, FL | 83 | 59 | 3.6 | $1.2M | +18.1% | #60 of 1,611 |
| Union County, FL | Not scored | 1 | 2.3 | $1.7M | +5.2% |
Other business types in Union County
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 preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Union County, FL?
There is 1 child care center or preschool on map listings in Union County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Union County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Union County, FL spend on child care and other personal services?
About $1.7M a year, or $384 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,316 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, FL compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Union County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Union County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Union County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 16,250 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,316 households. The median household income in Union County is $64,146 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 44.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Union County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Union County. It maps the child care centers and preschools on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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