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Child care centers and preschools in Henry County, IN

How Henry 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #681 of 1,611 scored counties
#12 of 59 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.9M
On child care and other personal services · $315 a household
Spending per listing
$977K
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
45% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
49,137
+0.5% 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

At $315 per household (46% below the U.S. average), households in Henry County spend about $5.9M a year on child care and other personal services. Spread across 6 child care centers and preschools, that is $977K per center, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1M.

Henry County has 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 45% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Henry County in 2023. That is one for every 3,728 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 49 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Henry County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in Henry County is 55 (upper middle), #681 of 1,611 scored counties and #12 of 59 scored counties in Indiana.

How Henry 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.

Child care and preschools in Henry County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureHenry CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.25.95.8
Spending per listing$977K$668K$1M
Households per official establishment3,7281,8931,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.1%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$315$396$581
Median household income$63,150$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5534

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$607K
One-person businesses, 2023
49Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Henry 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 Henry County

Population, 2025 estimate
49,137+0.5% since 2020
Households
18,642
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
392 sq. mi.
People per square mile
125
Median household income
$63,150+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,133
Median home value
$154,400
Jobs located here
12,829
Daytime population
43,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Boone County, IN73175.9$1.1M+13.5%#202 of 1,611
2Clark County, IN69183.5$1.1M+7.5%#292 of 1,611
3Hancock County, IN69206.0$832K+13.5%#302 of 1,611
4Morgan County, IN65113.9$1.1M+4.4%#396 of 1,611
5Hamilton County, IN641047.6$894K+10.9%#436 of 1,611
6Johnson County, IN64396.2$766K+7.4%#441 of 1,611
7Warrick County, IN63114.4$1.1M+4.4%#452 of 1,611
8Hendricks County, IN63487.2$736K+10.2%#469 of 1,611
9Porter County, IN60395.7$818K+1.6%#557 of 1,611
10Dubois County, IN5984.6$903K+0.9%#577 of 1,611
12Henry County, IN5563.2$977K+0.5%#681 of 1,611

Other business types in Henry 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 Henry County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 child care centers and preschools in Henry County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 49 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $5.9M a year, or $315 per household. That is 46% below the U.S. average (an index of 54, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $977K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,642 households in Henry County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Henry County has 3.2 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $977K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,728 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Henry County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Henry County at 49,137 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,642 households. Median household income in Henry County is $63,150, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.7%, 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. Henry County scores 55 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #681 of 1,611 scored counties.

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 Henry County

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