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Child care centers and preschools in Poweshiek County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Poweshiek County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3M
On child care and other personal services · $387 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
18,368
−1.4% 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

There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in Poweshiek County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Poweshiek County would have about 3, against none on map listings.

Households in Poweshiek County spend about $3M a year on child care and other personal services, or $387 per household, 33% below the U.S. average.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Poweshiek County in 2023. That is one for every 2,601 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 68 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Poweshiek County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no child care centers and preschools on map listings, Poweshiek County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Poweshiek 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 Poweshiek County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasurePoweshiek CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.05.85.8
Spending per listingn/a$700K$1M
Households per official establishment2,6011,4701,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.8%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$387$406$581
Median household income$67,391$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored24

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
63
Annual payroll, 2023
$998K
One-person businesses, 2023
68Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Poweshiek 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 Poweshiek County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,368−1.4% since 2020
Households
7,804
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
585 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$67,391+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,285
Median home value
$209,300
Jobs located here
9,576
Daytime population
19,155Residents 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 Poweshiek 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
Poweshiek County, IANot scored00.0n/a−1.4%

Other business types in Poweshiek 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 Poweshiek County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Poweshiek County. 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 68 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $3M a year, or $387 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,804 households in Poweshiek County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Poweshiek County has no child care centers and preschools on map listings. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Poweshiek County would have about 3, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,601 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Poweshiek County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Poweshiek County at 18,368 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,804 households. The median household income in Poweshiek County is $67,391 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.1% 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. Poweshiek County has no market score for child care centers and preschools, having none on map listings.

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

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