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Child care centers and preschools in Gallatin County, KY

How Gallatin County, KY 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
$1.2M
On child care and other personal services · $360 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
8,840
+1.9% 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 Gallatin County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Gallatin County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Household spending on child care and other personal services in Gallatin County comes to about $1.2M a year: $360 per household, 38% below the U.S. average.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Gallatin County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gallatin County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Gallatin 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 Gallatin County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureGallatin CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.04.85.8
Spending per listingn/a$849K$1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,9621,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.6%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$360$405$581
Median household income$63,346$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

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
6Businesses 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 Gallatin 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 Gallatin County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,840+1.9% since 2020
Households
3,265
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
98 sq. mi.
People per square mile
89
Median household income
$63,346
Average household income
$84,224
Median home value
$178,200
Jobs located here
3,186
Daytime population
8,131Residents 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 Gallatin 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
Gallatin County, KYNot scored00.0n/a+1.9%

Other business types in Gallatin 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 Gallatin County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Gallatin County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Gallatin County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $1.2M a year, or $360 per household. That is 38% below the U.S. average (an index of 62, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,265 households in Gallatin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

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

How fast is Gallatin County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Gallatin County at 8,840 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,265 households. The median household income in Gallatin County is $63,346 a year, 22% 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.

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 Gallatin County

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