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Child care centers and preschools in Heard County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Heard County, GA, 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
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.7M
On child care and other personal services · $397 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
12,149
+6.2% 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 $397 per household (32% below the U.S. average), households in Heard County spend about $1.7M a year on child care and other personal services.

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

Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in Heard County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Heard County grew 6.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no child care centers and preschools on map listings, Heard County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Heard 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.

Child care and preschools in Heard County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureHeard CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.05.65.8
Spending per listingn/a$888K$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,6641,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.6%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$397$496$581
Median household income$65,868$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored57

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
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 Heard 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 Heard County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,149+6.2% since 2020
Households
4,309
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
296 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$65,868+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,040
Median home value
$186,800
Jobs located here
1,539
Daytime population
9,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Georgia

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

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dawson County, GA8754.3$1.3M+30.7%#28 of 1,611
2Jackson County, GA8693.2$1.7M+29.3%#31 of 1,611
3Coweta County, GA86213.7$1.5M+9.2%#33 of 1,611
4Hall County, GA84314.2$1.2M+11.4%#48 of 1,611
5Effingham County, GA8372.9$1.7M+14.1%#53 of 1,611
6Forsyth County, GA83546.1$1.4M+11.8%#55 of 1,611
7Bartow County, GA82143.4$1.4M+10.5%#65 of 1,611
8Cherokee County, GA80525.1$1.3M+11.6%#85 of 1,611
9Paulding County, GA78294.8$1.1M+12.7%#122 of 1,611
10Newton County, GA77143.4$1.2M+11.2%#131 of 1,611
Heard County, GANot scored00.0n/a+6.2%

Other business types in Heard 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 Heard County, GA?

There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in Heard County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Heard County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $1.7M a year, or $397 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,309 households in Heard County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Heard 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, Heard County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is Heard County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Heard County at 12,149 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,309 households. Median household income in Heard County is $65,868, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. Heard County has no market score for child care centers and preschools, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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