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Child care centers and preschools in Clarke County, GA
How Clarke 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 · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #748 of 1,611 scored counties
#38 of 73 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 23
- 4 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- −8.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $20.4M
- On child care and other personal services · $374 a household
- Spending per listing
- $886K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,921
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Clarke County comes to about $20.4M a year: $374 per household, 36% below the U.S. average. That is about $886K of household spending for each center on map listings, 12% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
Clarke County has 23 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 17%, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Clarke County was 22 in 2023, down 8.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,475 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 234 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clarke County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, Clarke County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #748 of 1,611 scored counties and #38 of 73 scored counties in Georgia.
How Clarke 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 | Clarke County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $886K | $888K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,475 | 1,664 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.3% | +5.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $374 | $496 | $581 |
| Median household income | $53,625 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 22−8.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 404
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 234Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 234 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Clarke 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 Clarke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,921+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 54,454
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 41%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 119 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,086
- Median household income
- $53,625+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,676
- Median home value
- $298,900
- Jobs located here
- 71,696
- Daytime population
- 151,489Residents 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 |
| 38Clarke County, GA | 53 | 23 | 4.2 | $886K | +1.0% | #748 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Clarke 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 preschools53
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Clarke County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 child care centers and preschools in Clarke County. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, down 8.3% from 2019. Official counts list 234 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clarke County, GA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $20.4M a year, or $374 per household. That is 36% below the U.S. average (an index of 64, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $886K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,454 households in Clarke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clarke County, GA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Clarke County has 4.2 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $886K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Clarke County would have about 20, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,475 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Clarke County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Clarke County at 129,921 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,454 households. Median household income in Clarke County is $53,625, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.8%, 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. Clarke County scores 53 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #748 of 1,611 scored counties.
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