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Child care centers and preschools in Logan County, IL
How Logan County, IL 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4M
- On child care and other personal services · $359 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,182
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Logan County spend about $4M a year on child care and other personal services, or $359 per household, 38% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per center, 35% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
Logan County has 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 2.7 for every 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Logan County in 2023. That is one for every 1,408 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 58 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Logan County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Logan County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Logan County 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 | Logan County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $946K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,408 | 1,605 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $359 | $489 | $581 |
| Median household income | $66,358 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 58Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- 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 Logan 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 Logan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,182−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 11,266
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 618 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $66,358+15.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,267
- Median home value
- $134,400
- Jobs located here
- 7,887
- Daytime population
- 25,386Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grundy County, IL | 77 | 8 | 3.9 | $1.3M | +2.9% | #130 of 1,611 |
| 2Boone County, IL | 72 | 7 | 3.6 | $1.3M | +0.4% | #212 of 1,611 |
| 3Kane County, IL | 68 | 100 | 5.4 | $1.1M | +1.8% | #316 of 1,611 |
| 4McHenry County, IL | 66 | 59 | 5.0 | $1.1M | +2.5% | #363 of 1,611 |
| 5Will County, IL | 64 | 149 | 6.1 | $970K | +2.2% | #432 of 1,611 |
| 6McLean County, IL | 61 | 31 | 4.4 | $1M | +0.1% | #513 of 1,611 |
| 7Kendall County, IL | 60 | 37 | 8.2 | $710K | +9.9% | #560 of 1,611 |
| 8Sangamon County, IL | 59 | 30 | 3.5 | $1.2M | −1.0% | #566 of 1,611 |
| 9Madison County, IL | 59 | 43 | 3.9 | $1.1M | −1.0% | #568 of 1,611 |
| 10LaSalle County, IL | 59 | 18 | 4.0 | $986K | −1.5% | #574 of 1,611 |
| Logan County, IL | Not scored | 3 | 2.7 | $1.3M | −2.5% |
Other business types in Logan 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 Logan County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 child care centers and preschools in Logan County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 58 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Logan County, IL spend on child care and other personal services?
About $4M a year, or $359 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,266 households in Logan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Logan County, IL compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Logan County has 2.7 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.3M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Logan County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,408 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Logan County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Logan County at 27,182 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,266 households. Median household income in Logan County is $66,358, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.8%, 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. Logan County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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