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Child care centers and preschools in Decatur County, IN
How Decatur County, IN 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.1M
- On child care and other personal services · $384 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 26,576
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 child care centers and preschools in Decatur County. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households.
At $384 per household (34% below the U.S. average), households in Decatur County spend about $4.1M a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each center on map listings.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Decatur County classed as child care services. That is one for every 3,571 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Decatur County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Decatur County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Decatur County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Decatur County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $668K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,571 | 1,893 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $384 | $396 | $581 |
| Median household income | $69,783 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $831K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- 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 Decatur 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 Decatur County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,576+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 10,712
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 373 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $69,783+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,207
- Median home value
- $199,100
- Jobs located here
- 14,170
- Daytime population
- 27,416Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boone County, IN | 73 | 17 | 5.9 | $1.1M | +13.5% | #202 of 1,611 |
| 2Clark County, IN | 69 | 18 | 3.5 | $1.1M | +7.5% | #292 of 1,611 |
| 3Hancock County, IN | 69 | 20 | 6.0 | $832K | +13.5% | #302 of 1,611 |
| 4Morgan County, IN | 65 | 11 | 3.9 | $1.1M | +4.4% | #396 of 1,611 |
| 5Hamilton County, IN | 64 | 104 | 7.6 | $894K | +10.9% | #436 of 1,611 |
| 6Johnson County, IN | 64 | 39 | 6.2 | $766K | +7.4% | #441 of 1,611 |
| 7Warrick County, IN | 63 | 11 | 4.4 | $1.1M | +4.4% | #452 of 1,611 |
| 8Hendricks County, IN | 63 | 48 | 7.2 | $736K | +10.2% | #469 of 1,611 |
| 9Porter County, IN | 60 | 39 | 5.7 | $818K | +1.6% | #557 of 1,611 |
| 10Dubois County, IN | 59 | 8 | 4.6 | $903K | +0.9% | #577 of 1,611 |
| Decatur County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 1.9 | $2.1M | +0.4% |
Other business types in Decatur 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 Decatur County, IN?
There are 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Decatur County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Decatur County, IN spend on child care and other personal services?
About $4.1M a year, or $384 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,712 households in Decatur County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Decatur County, IN compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Decatur County has 2 child care centers and preschools 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, Decatur County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,571 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Decatur County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Decatur County at 26,576 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,712 households. The median household income in Decatur County is $69,783 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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. Decatur County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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