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Child care centers and preschools in Floyd County, GA
How Floyd 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #231 of 1,611 scored counties
#16 of 73 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $400 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,378
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 child care centers and preschools in Floyd County. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Households in Floyd County spend about $14.7M a year on child care and other personal services, or $400 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each center on map listings, 34% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Floyd County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 2,457 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 196 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Floyd County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, Floyd County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #231 of 1,611 scored counties and #16 of 73 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Floyd 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 | Floyd County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $888K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,457 | 1,664 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $400 | $496 | $581 |
| Median household income | $65,565 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 189
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 196Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Floyd 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 Floyd County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,378+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 36,856
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 510 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 196
- Median household income
- $65,565+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,695
- Median home value
- $217,900
- Jobs located here
- 43,876
- Daytime population
- 99,603Residents 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 |
| 16Floyd County, GA | 71 | 11 | 3.0 | $1.3M | +2.8% | #231 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Floyd 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 preschools71
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Floyd County, GA?
Floyd County has 11 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 196 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Floyd County, GA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $14.7M a year, or $400 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,856 households in Floyd County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Floyd County, GA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Floyd County has 3.0 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.3M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Floyd County would have about 15, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,457 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Floyd County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Floyd County at 101,378 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,856 households. The median household income in Floyd County is $65,565 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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. Floyd County scores 71 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #231 of 1,611 scored counties.
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