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Child care centers and preschools in Sumter County, GA
How Sumter 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 · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,463 of 1,611 scored counties
#68 of 73 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 9
- 2 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $295 a household
- Spending per listing
- $360K
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,801
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
For child care centers and preschools, Sumter County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,463 of 1,611 scored counties and #68 of 73 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 child care centers and preschools in Sumter County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 22%, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.2, 41% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Households in Sumter County spend about $3.2M a year on child care and other personal services, or $295 per household, 49% below the U.S. average. That is about $360K of household spending for each center on map listings, 64% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Sumter County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,197 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in Sumter County. Population estimates put the population change in Sumter County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Sumter 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 | Sumter County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $360K | $888K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,197 | 1,664 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $295 | $496 | $581 |
| Median household income | $42,653 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 74Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 92 chain locations
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Sumter 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 Sumter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,801−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 10,986
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $42,653+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,394
- Median home value
- $120,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,753
- Daytime population
- 27,951Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 68Sumter County, GA | 22 | 9 | 8.2 | $360K | −2.4% | #1,463 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Sumter 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 preschools22
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Sumter County, GA?
There are 9 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Sumter County as of September 2026. 2 of them (22%) 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. Another 74 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sumter County, GA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $3.2M a year, or $295 per household. That is 49% below the U.S. average (an index of 51, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $360K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,986 households in Sumter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sumter County, GA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Sumter County has 8.2 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $360K, 64% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Sumter County would have about 3, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,197 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Sumter County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Sumter County at 28,801 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,986 households. The median household income in Sumter County is $42,653 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.3% 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. Sumter County scores 22 for child care centers and preschools (low), #1,463 of 1,611 scored counties.
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