Child care · Metro area · Georgia
Child care centers and preschools in the Hinesville, GA metro area
How the Hinesville, GA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #80 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.1M
- On child care and other personal services · $335 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,870
- +12.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 child care centers and preschools in the Hinesville metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Hinesville metro area comes to about $10.1M a year: $335 per household, 42% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each center on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $1M.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Hinesville metro area classed as child care services. That is one for every 3,016 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 179 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $449K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Hinesville metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hinesville metro area grew 12.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Hinesville metro area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #80 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Hinesville metro area 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 | Hinesville metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $888K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,016 | 1,664 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $335 | $496 | $581 |
| Median household income | $61,709 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 188
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 179Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $449K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Hinesville metro area, 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 the Hinesville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,870+12.6% since 2020
- Households
- 30,160
- Median age
- 31.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 917 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 94
- Median household income
- $61,709+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,391
- Median home value
- $204,500
- Jobs located here
- 17,128
- Daytime population
- 75,511Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hinesville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gainesville, GA | 82 | 31 | 4.2 | $1.2M | +11.4% | #16 of 387 |
| 2Rome, GA | 69 | 11 | 3.0 | $1.3M | +2.8% | #58 of 387 |
| 3Dalton, GA | 66 | 12 | 2.3 | $1.6M | +3.5% | #76 of 387 |
| 4Hinesville, GA | 66 | 10 | 3.3 | $1M | +12.6% | #80 of 387 |
| 5Athens-Clarke County, GA | 62 | 39 | 4.5 | $978K | +3.9% | #99 of 387 |
| 6Warner Robins, GA | 60 | 35 | 4.7 | $967K | +8.2% | #119 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 60 | 120 | 5.2 | $871K | +5.3% | #121 of 387 |
| 7Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 58 | 21 | 4.4 | $960K | +4.4% | #141 of 387 |
| 8Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 57 | 1,412 | 6.1 | $932K | +5.9% | #147 of 387 |
| 9Savannah, GA | 53 | 84 | 5.2 | $902K | +8.1% | #179 of 387 |
Other business types in the Hinesville metro area
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 preschools66
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Hinesville, GA metro area?
There are 10 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Hinesville metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 179 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Hinesville, GA metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $10.1M a year, or $335 per household. That is 42% below the U.S. average (an index of 58, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,160 households in the Hinesville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hinesville, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Hinesville metro area has 3.3 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,016 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hinesville, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Hinesville metro area at 91,870 people in 2025, up 12.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,160 households. The median household income in the Hinesville metro area is $61,709 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. The Hinesville metro area scores 66 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #80 of 387 scored metro areas.
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