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Child care centers and preschools in Pike County, GA
How Pike 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.4M
- On child care and other personal services · $501 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 20,932
- +10.5% since 2020
See the child care centers and preschools around any address in Pike County
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What this means
Households in Pike County spend about $3.4M a year on child care and other personal services, or $501 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per center.
Pike County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in Pike County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Pike County from 2020 to 2025 at +10.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, Pike County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Pike 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 | Pike County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $888K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,664 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $501 | $496 | $581 |
| Median household income | $86,719 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 57 |
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
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Pike 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 Pike County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,932+10.5% since 2020
- Households
- 6,721
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 216 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $86,719+33.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,291
- Median home value
- $305,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,475
- Daytime population
- 14,563Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Pike County?
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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 |
| Pike County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.5 | $3.4M | +10.5% |
Other business types in Pike 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 preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Pike County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 child care center or preschool in Pike County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Pike County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pike County, GA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $3.4M a year, or $501 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,721 households in Pike County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pike County, GA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Pike County has 1 child care center or preschool 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, Pike County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Pike County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Pike County at 20,932 people in 2025, up 10.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,721 households. Median household income in Pike County is $86,719, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.7%, 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. Pike County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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