Child care · Small-town market · Kentucky
Child care centers and preschools in the Franklin, KY area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Franklin, KY area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3M
- On child care and other personal services · $379 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 20,788
- +5.9% since 2020
See the child care centers and preschools around any address in the Franklin area
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What this means
At $379 per household (35% below the U.S. average), households in the Franklin area spend about $3M a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $3M of household spending for each center on map listings.
There is 1 child care center or preschool on map listings in the Franklin area as of September 2026. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in the Franklin area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Franklin area grew 5.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, the Franklin area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Franklin area 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.
| Measure | Franklin area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $849K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,962 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $379 | $405 | $581 |
| Median household income | $59,858 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
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
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- 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 the Franklin area, 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 the Franklin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,788+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 8,025
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 234 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 85
- Median household income
- $59,858
- Average household income
- $75,938
- Median home value
- $229,400
- Jobs located here
- 9,389
- Daytime population
- 20,592Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in the Franklin area?
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Franklin area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frankfort, KY | 64 | 16 | 4.9 | $800K | +3.1% | #117 of 454 |
| 2Danville, KY | 60 | 7 | 3.2 | $1.1M | +3.6% | #143 of 454 |
| 3Richmond-Berea, KY | 59 | 26 | 5.2 | $707K | +7.0% | #162 of 454 |
| 4Henderson, KY | 57 | 6 | 2.6 | $1.4M | −0.9% | #170 of 454 |
| 5Corbin, KY | 57 | 13 | 2.3 | $1.3M | +0.1% | #171 of 454 |
| 6Pikeville, KY | 56 | 10 | 2.6 | $1.2M | −5.4% | #178 of 454 |
| 7Glasgow, KY | 56 | 11 | 5.0 | $644K | +2.6% | #184 of 454 |
| 8Mayfield, KY | 54 | 5 | 3.5 | $968K | +1.4% | #197 of 454 |
| 9Madisonville, KY | 48 | 8 | 4.3 | $760K | −0.5% | #244 of 454 |
| 10Murray, KY | 44 | 8 | 5.2 | $629K | +4.9% | #282 of 454 |
| Franklin, KY | Not scored | 1 | 1.2 | $3M | +5.9% |
Other business types in the Franklin area
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 preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Franklin, KY area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 child care center or preschool in the Franklin area. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in the Franklin area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Franklin, KY area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $3M a year, or $379 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $3M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,025 households in the Franklin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Franklin, KY area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Franklin area has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Franklin area would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is the Franklin, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Franklin area at 20,788 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,025 households. Median household income in the Franklin area is $59,858, 26% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Franklin area has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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