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Child care centers and preschools in Macon County, IL
How Macon 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 · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #793 of 1,611 scored counties
#19 of 43 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $350 a household
- Spending per listing
- $952K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,300
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 child care centers and preschools in Macon County. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 36% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Macon County comes to about $15.2M a year: $350 per household, 40% below the U.S. average. That works out to $952K per center, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Macon County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 4,347 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 317 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $174K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in Macon County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Macon County declined 4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Macon County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #793 of 1,611 scored counties and #19 of 43 scored counties in Illinois.
How Macon 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 | Macon County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $952K | $946K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,347 | 1,605 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $350 | $489 | $581 |
| Median household income | $62,666 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 272
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 317Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $174K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Macon 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 Macon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,300−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 43,468
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 175
- Median household income
- $62,666+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,051
- Median home value
- $127,300
- Jobs located here
- 43,992
- Daytime population
- 103,405Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Macon County marked.
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 |
| 19Macon County, IL | 51 | 16 | 3.7 | $952K | −4.3% | #793 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Macon 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 preschools51
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Macon County, IL?
Macon County has 16 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 317 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Macon County, IL spend on child care and other personal services?
About $15.2M a year, or $350 per household. That is 40% below the U.S. average (an index of 60, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $952K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,468 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Macon County, IL compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Macon County 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 $952K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Macon County would have about 15, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,347 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Macon County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Macon County at 99,300 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,468 households. The median household income in Macon County is $62,666 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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. Macon County scores 51 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #793 of 1,611 scored counties.
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