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Child care centers and preschools in Morgan County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Morgan County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #782 of 1,611 scored counties
#39 of 73 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.9M
On child care and other personal services · $484 a household
Spending per listing
$655K
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.4
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,095
+9.4% 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 $484 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Morgan County spend about $3.9M a year on child care and other personal services. Spread across 6 child care centers and preschools, that is $655K per center, 35% below the U.S. figure of $1M.

There are 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Morgan County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 7.4 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Morgan County in 2023. That is one for every 1,624 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 42 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Morgan County grew 9.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For child care centers and preschools, Morgan County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #782 of 1,611 scored counties and #39 of 73 scored counties in Georgia.

How Morgan 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 Morgan County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureMorgan CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.45.65.8
Spending per listing$655K$888K$1M
Households per official establishment1,6241,6641,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.6%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$484$496$581
Median household income$78,111$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score5257

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$409K
One-person businesses, 2023
42Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
62 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Morgan 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 Morgan County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,095+9.4% since 2020
Households
8,120
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
347 sq. mi.
People per square mile
61
Median household income
$78,111+18.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$107,696
Median home value
$342,300
Jobs located here
8,906
Daytime population
20,330Residents 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 Morgan 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
39Morgan County, GA5267.4$655K+9.4%#782 of 1,611

Other business types in Morgan 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 Morgan County, GA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 child care centers and preschools in Morgan County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 42 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $3.9M a year, or $484 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $655K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,120 households in Morgan County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Morgan County has 7.4 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $655K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Morgan County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,624 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Morgan County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Morgan County at 22,095 people in 2025, up 9.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,120 households. Median household income in Morgan County is $78,111, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.0%, 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. Morgan County scores 52 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #782 of 1,611 scored counties.

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