Child care · Small-town market · Illinois
Child care centers and preschools in the Danville, IL area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Danville, IL area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #300 of 454 scored small-town markets
#8 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.5M
- On child care and other personal services · $316 a household
- Spending per listing
- $864K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 71,259
- −3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Danville area comes to about $9.5M a year: $316 per household, 46% below the U.S. average. That is about $864K of household spending for each center on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Danville area has 11 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 36% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Danville area was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 2,314 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 303 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Danville area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For child care centers and preschools, the Danville area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #300 of 454 scored small-town markets and #8 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Illinois.
How the Danville area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Danville area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $864K | $946K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,314 | 1,605 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $316 | $489 | $581 |
| Median household income | $56,877 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 143
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 303Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 the Danville area, 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 the Danville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 71,259−3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 30,084
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $56,877+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,148
- Median home value
- $97,200
- Jobs located here
- 24,379
- Daytime population
- 64,835Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Danville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa, IL | 71 | 20 | 3.2 | $1.2M | −1.6% | #67 of 454 |
| 2Rochelle, IL | 63 | 10 | 4.8 | $850K | −0.7% | #124 of 454 |
| 3Carbondale, IL | 60 | 6 | 2.6 | $1.2M | −1.5% | #141 of 454 |
| 4Marion-Herrin, IL | 60 | 12 | 4.1 | $874K | +0.2% | #146 of 454 |
| 5Quincy, IL-MO | 46 | 18 | 5.8 | $601K | −2.0% | #271 of 454 |
| 6Dixon, IL | 43 | 7 | 5.2 | $725K | −3.4% | #289 of 454 |
| 7Taylorville, IL | 43 | 7 | 5.2 | $652K | −1.5% | #294 of 454 |
| 8Danville, IL | 42 | 11 | 3.7 | $864K | −3.7% | #300 of 454 |
| 9Charleston-Mattoon, IL | 35 | 9 | 4.3 | $735K | −1.0% | #350 of 454 |
| Burlington, IA-IL | 35 | 11 | 5.5 | $593K | −2.5% | #353 of 454 |
Other business types in the Danville area
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 preschools42
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Danville, IL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 child care centers and preschools in the Danville area. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 303 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Danville, IL area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $9.5M a year, or $316 per household. That is 46% below the U.S. average (an index of 54, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $864K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,084 households in the Danville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Danville, IL area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Danville area has 3.7 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $864K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Danville area would have about 10, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,314 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Danville, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Danville area at 71,259 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 30,084 households. Median household income in the Danville area is $56,877, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Danville area scores 42 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #300 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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