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Child care centers and preschools in Floyd County, IN
How Floyd 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 · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,301 of 1,611 scored counties
#38 of 59 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 26
- 2 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- −3.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $14.1M
- On child care and other personal services · $442 a household
- Spending per listing
- $543K
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,153
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Floyd County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #1,301 of 1,611 scored counties and #38 of 59 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $442 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Floyd County spend about $14.1M a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $543K of household spending for each center on map listings, 46% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
Floyd County has 26 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Floyd County in 2023, down 3.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,228 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Population estimates show Floyd County grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Floyd 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 | Floyd County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $543K | $668K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,228 | 1,893 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.7% | +2.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $442 | $396 | $581 |
| Median household income | $79,704 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 26−3.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 312
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 110Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 262 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Floyd 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 Floyd County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,153+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 31,916
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 149 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 545
- Median household income
- $79,704+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,952
- Median home value
- $251,000
- Jobs located here
- 32,492
- Daytime population
- 72,780Residents 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 |
| 38Floyd County, IN | 32 | 26 | 8.1 | $543K | +2.0% | #1,301 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Floyd 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 preschools32
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Floyd County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 child care centers and preschools in Floyd County. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, down 3.7% from 2019. Another 110 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Floyd County, IN spend on child care and other personal services?
About $14.1M a year, or $442 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $543K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,916 households in Floyd County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Floyd County, IN compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Floyd County has 8.1 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $543K, 46% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Floyd County would have about 14, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,228 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Floyd County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Floyd County at 82,153 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,916 households. Median household income in Floyd County is $79,704, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.6%, 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. Floyd County scores 32 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #1,301 of 1,611 scored counties.
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