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Child care centers and preschools in Brantley County, GA
How Brantley County, GA 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $340 a household
- Spending per listing
- $747K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,936
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 child care centers and preschools in Brantley County. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Brantley County comes to about $2.2M a year: $340 per household, 42% below the U.S. average. That is about $747K of household spending for each center on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Brantley County classed as child care services. That is one for every 943 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Brantley County grew 4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Brantley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Brantley County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Brantley County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $747K | $888K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 943 | 1,664 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $340 | $496 | $581 |
| Median household income | $58,239 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $845K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 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 Brantley 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 Brantley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,936+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,599
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 443 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $58,239+49.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,681
- Median home value
- $99,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,290
- Daytime population
- 13,544Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dawson County, GA | 87 | 5 | 4.3 | $1.3M | +30.7% | #28 of 1,611 |
| 2Jackson County, GA | 86 | 9 | 3.2 | $1.7M | +29.3% | #31 of 1,611 |
| 3Coweta County, GA | 86 | 21 | 3.7 | $1.5M | +9.2% | #33 of 1,611 |
| 4Hall County, GA | 84 | 31 | 4.2 | $1.2M | +11.4% | #48 of 1,611 |
| 5Effingham County, GA | 83 | 7 | 2.9 | $1.7M | +14.1% | #53 of 1,611 |
| 6Forsyth County, GA | 83 | 54 | 6.1 | $1.4M | +11.8% | #55 of 1,611 |
| 7Bartow County, GA | 82 | 14 | 3.4 | $1.4M | +10.5% | #65 of 1,611 |
| 8Cherokee County, GA | 80 | 52 | 5.1 | $1.3M | +11.6% | #85 of 1,611 |
| 9Paulding County, GA | 78 | 29 | 4.8 | $1.1M | +12.7% | #122 of 1,611 |
| 10Newton County, GA | 77 | 14 | 3.4 | $1.2M | +11.2% | #131 of 1,611 |
| Brantley County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 4.5 | $747K | +4.9% |
Other business types in Brantley 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 Brantley County, GA?
Brantley County has 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 25 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Brantley County, GA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $2.2M a year, or $340 per household. That is 42% below the U.S. average (an index of 58, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $747K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,599 households in Brantley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brantley County, GA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Brantley County has 4.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $747K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Brantley County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 943 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Brantley County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Brantley County at 18,936 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,599 households. The median household income in Brantley County is $58,239 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 49.9% 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. Brantley County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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