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Child care centers and preschools in Thomas County, GA
The child care centers and preschools in Thomas County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,094 of 1,611 scored counties
#53 of 73 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $358 a household
- Spending per listing
- $835K
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,368
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $358 per household (38% below the U.S. average), households in Thomas County spend about $6.7M a year on child care and other personal services. That works out to $835K per center, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
Thomas County has 8 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Thomas County classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,557 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 121 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Thomas County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Thomas County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #1,094 of 1,611 scored counties and #53 of 73 scored counties in Georgia.
How Thomas 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 | Thomas County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $835K | $888K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,557 | 1,664 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $358 | $496 | $581 |
| Median household income | $60,736 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 188
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 121Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Thomas 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 Thomas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,368+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,684
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 84
- Median household income
- $60,736+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,177
- Median home value
- $196,700
- Jobs located here
- 21,334
- Daytime population
- 48,014Residents 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 |
| 53Thomas County, GA | 40 | 8 | 4.3 | $835K | +1.3% | #1,094 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Thomas 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 preschools40
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Thomas County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 child care centers and preschools in Thomas County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 121 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Thomas County, GA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $6.7M a year, or $358 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $835K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,684 households in Thomas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Thomas County, GA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Thomas County has 4.3 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $835K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Thomas County would have about 7, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,557 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Thomas County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Thomas County at 46,368 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,684 households. Median household income in Thomas County is $60,736, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.9%, 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. Thomas County scores 40 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #1,094 of 1,611 scored counties.
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