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Child care centers and preschools in Massac County, IL

How Massac 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
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.7M
On child care and other personal services · $317 a household
Spending per listing
$577K
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,502
−4.5% 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

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Massac County comes to about $1.7M a year: $317 per household, 45% below the U.S. average. That is about $577K of household spending for each center on map listings, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1M.

There are 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Massac County as of September 2026. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in Massac County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Massac County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Massac County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Massac 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 Massac County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureMassac CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.55.25.8
Spending per listing$577K$946K$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,6051,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.3%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$317$489$581
Median household income$65,116$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
23Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
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 Massac 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 Massac County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,502−4.5% since 2020
Households
5,457
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
237 sq. mi.
People per square mile
58
Median household income
$65,116+37.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,960
Median home value
$121,900
Jobs located here
3,085
Daytime population
11,088Residents 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 Massac 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
Massac County, ILNot scored35.5$577K−4.5%

Other business types in Massac 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 Massac County, IL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 child care centers and preschools in Massac County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Massac County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 23 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $1.7M a year, or $317 per household. That is 45% below the U.S. average (an index of 55, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $577K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,457 households in Massac County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Massac County has 5.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $577K, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Massac County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Massac County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Massac County at 13,502 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,457 households. Median household income in Massac County is $65,116, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.1%, 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. Massac County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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 Massac County

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