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Child care centers and preschools in Marshall County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Marshall County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.8M
On child care and other personal services · $351 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
11,473
−2.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Marshall County spend about $1.8M a year on child care and other personal services, or $351 per household, 40% below the U.S. average.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Marshall County. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Marshall County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in Marshall County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Marshall County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no child care centers and preschools on map listings, Marshall County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Marshall 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.

Child care and preschools in Marshall County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureMarshall CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.05.25.8
Spending per listingn/a$946K$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,6051,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.3%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$351$489$581
Median household income$71,585$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
17Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Marshall 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 Marshall County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,473−2.0% since 2020
Households
5,094
Median age
45.3
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
387 sq. mi.
People per square mile
30
Median household income
$71,585+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,623
Median home value
$142,800
Jobs located here
2,729
Daytime population
8,879Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Marshall County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Grundy County, IL7783.9$1.3M+2.9%#130 of 1,611
2Boone County, IL7273.6$1.3M+0.4%#212 of 1,611
3Kane County, IL681005.4$1.1M+1.8%#316 of 1,611
4McHenry County, IL66595.0$1.1M+2.5%#363 of 1,611
5Will County, IL641496.1$970K+2.2%#432 of 1,611
6McLean County, IL61314.4$1M+0.1%#513 of 1,611
7Kendall County, IL60378.2$710K+9.9%#560 of 1,611
8Sangamon County, IL59303.5$1.2M−1.0%#566 of 1,611
9Madison County, IL59433.9$1.1M−1.0%#568 of 1,611
10LaSalle County, IL59184.0$986K−1.5%#574 of 1,611
Marshall County, ILNot scored00.0n/a−2.0%

Other business types in Marshall County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in Marshall County, IL?

There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in Marshall County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Marshall County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Marshall County, IL spend on child care and other personal services?

About $1.8M a year, or $351 per household. That is 40% below the U.S. average (an index of 60, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,094 households in Marshall County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Marshall County, IL compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?

Marshall County has no child care centers and preschools on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Marshall County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is Marshall County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Marshall County at 11,473 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,094 households. Median household income in Marshall County is $71,585, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Marshall County has no market score for child care centers and preschools, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for child care centers and preschools · All 56 business types in Marshall County

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