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Child care centers and preschools in Fremont County, IA

How Fremont County, IA 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.1M
On child care and other personal services · $386 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
6,522
−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

Households in Fremont County spend about $1.1M a year on child care and other personal services, or $386 per household, 34% below the U.S. average.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Fremont County. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Fremont County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in Fremont County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fremont County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Fremont County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Fremont County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureFremont CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.05.85.8
Spending per listingn/a$700K$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,4701,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.8%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$386$406$581
Median household income$71,621$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored24

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
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Fremont 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 Fremont County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,522−0.8% since 2020
Households
2,823
Median age
46.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
511 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$71,621
Average household income
$96,972
Median home value
$154,400
Jobs located here
2,137
Daytime population
5,471Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Iowa

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

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, IA63115.3$907K+9.0%#463 of 1,611
2Dallas County, IA61266.1$958K+17.8%#523 of 1,611
3Cerro Gordo County, IA5452.6$1.4M−1.5%#702 of 1,611
4Polk County, IA541145.6$833K+4.8%#727 of 1,611
5Dickinson County, IA5266.8$636K+1.7%#783 of 1,611
6Scott County, IA51476.4$678K+0.4%#806 of 1,611
7Marshall County, IA4963.9$891K−0.5%#844 of 1,611
8Benton County, IA4854.9$901K+1.8%#871 of 1,611
9Marion County, IA4796.8$610K+2.3%#911 of 1,611
10Pottawattamie County, IA43154.0$960K−0.7%#998 of 1,611
Fremont County, IANot scored00.0n/a−0.8%

Other business types in Fremont County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in Fremont County, IA?

There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in Fremont County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Fremont County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $1.1M a year, or $386 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,823 households in Fremont County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fremont County has no child care centers and preschools on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Fremont County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Fremont County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Fremont County at 6,522 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,823 households. Median household income in Fremont County is $71,621, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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How the score works · Top markets for child care centers and preschools · All 56 business types in Fremont County

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