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Child care centers and preschools in Jones County, GA

How Jones 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 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$4.6M
On child care and other personal services · $425 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
29,171
+2.8% 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 $425 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Jones County spend about $4.6M a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each center on map listings.

Jones County has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Jones County in 2023. That is one for every 2,697 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 44 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $320K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in Jones County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jones County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Jones County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Jones 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 Jones County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureJones CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.95.65.8
Spending per listing$2.3M$888K$1M
Households per official establishment2,6971,6641,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/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$425$496$581
Median household income$75,500$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored57

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
45
Annual payroll, 2023
$831K
One-person businesses, 2023
44Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$320K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Jones 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 Jones County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,171+2.8% since 2020
Households
10,786
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
394 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$75,500+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,163
Median home value
$194,500
Jobs located here
4,334
Daytime population
21,331Residents 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 Jones 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
Jones County, GANot scored21.9$2.3M+2.8%

Other business types in Jones 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 Jones County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 child care centers and preschools in Jones County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 44 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $4.6M a year, or $425 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,786 households in Jones County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Jones County has 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Jones County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,697 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Jones County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Jones County at 29,171 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,786 households. Median household income in Jones County is $75,500, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. Jones County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for child care centers and preschools · All 56 business types in Jones County

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