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Child care centers and preschools in Moultrie County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Moultrie 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.1M
On child care and other personal services · $368 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
14,371
−0.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 child care center or preschool in Moultrie County. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Moultrie County comes to about $2.1M a year: $368 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each center on map listings.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Moultrie County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as child care services in Moultrie County.

Population estimates show Moultrie County declined 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, Moultrie County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Moultrie 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 Moultrie County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureMoultrie CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.75.25.8
Spending per listing$2.1M$946K$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,6051,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.3%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$368$489$581
Median household income$71,784$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
29Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 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
1
Amount
$1.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Moultrie 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 Moultrie County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,371−0.8% since 2020
Households
5,817
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
336 sq. mi.
People per square mile
43
Median household income
$71,784+16.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,465
Median home value
$134,000
Jobs located here
5,116
Daytime population
12,425Residents 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 Moultrie 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
Moultrie County, ILNot scored11.7$2.1M−0.8%

Other business types in Moultrie 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 Moultrie County, IL?

There is 1 child care center or preschool on map listings in Moultrie County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Moultrie County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $2.1M a year, or $368 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,817 households in Moultrie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Moultrie County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Moultrie County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Moultrie County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Moultrie County at 14,371 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,817 households. The median household income in Moultrie County is $71,784 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.8% 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. Moultrie County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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