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Child care centers and preschools in Fleming County, KY

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.7M
On child care and other personal services · $297 a household
Spending per listing
$580K
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,787
+4.6% 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

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Fleming County comes to about $1.7M a year: $297 per household, 49% below the U.S. average. That works out to $580K per center, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1M.

Fleming County has 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.1, 12% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Fleming County classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,953 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Fleming County grew 4.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Fleming County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Fleming County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Fleming County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureFleming CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.14.85.8
Spending per listing$580K$849K$1M
Households per official establishment1,9531,9621,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.6%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$297$405$581
Median household income$49,307$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$638K
One-person businesses, 2023
19Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Fleming 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 Fleming County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,787+4.6% since 2020
Households
5,859
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
349 sq. mi.
People per square mile
44
Median household income
$49,307+10.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,998
Median home value
$134,700
Jobs located here
3,223
Daytime population
12,492Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY82104.3$1.7M+4.9%#61 of 1,611
2Shelby County, KY7884.3$1.1M+6.2%#123 of 1,611
3Scott County, KY7494.0$1.3M+8.2%#175 of 1,611
4Bullitt County, KY71123.8$1.2M+5.0%#233 of 1,611
5Jessamine County, KY6284.0$1.1M+7.8%#482 of 1,611
6Warren County, KY62274.9$827K+10.6%#493 of 1,611
7Pike County, KY5952.1$1.5M−6.4%#562 of 1,611
8Nelson County, KY58115.7$690K+4.8%#617 of 1,611
9Hardin County, KY57194.3$972K+2.4%#629 of 1,611
10Kenton County, KY57365.3$940K+3.9%#632 of 1,611
Fleming County, KYNot scored35.1$580K+4.6%

Other business types in Fleming 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 Fleming County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 child care centers and preschools in Fleming 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 19 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $1.7M a year, or $297 per household. That is 49% below the U.S. average (an index of 51, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $580K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,859 households in Fleming County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fleming County has 5.1 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $580K, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Fleming County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,953 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Fleming County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Fleming County at 15,787 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,859 households. Median household income in Fleming County is $49,307, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.5%, 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. Fleming County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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 Fleming County

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