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Child care centers and preschools in Magoffin County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Magoffin 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.3M
- On child care and other personal services · $277 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 11,110
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Magoffin County spend about $1.3M a year on child care and other personal services, or $277 per household, 52% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each center on map listings.
There is 1 child care center or preschool on map listings in Magoffin County as of September 2026. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for child care services in Magoffin County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Magoffin County declined 4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, Magoffin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Magoffin 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.
| Measure | Magoffin County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $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 | −4.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $277 | $405 | $581 |
| Median household income | $33,080 | $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
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- 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 Magoffin 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 Magoffin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,110−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,734
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 308 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $33,080+17.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $49,541
- Median home value
- $89,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,875
- Daytime population
- 9,997Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 82 | 10 | 4.3 | $1.7M | +4.9% | #61 of 1,611 |
| 2Shelby County, KY | 78 | 8 | 4.3 | $1.1M | +6.2% | #123 of 1,611 |
| 3Scott County, KY | 74 | 9 | 4.0 | $1.3M | +8.2% | #175 of 1,611 |
| 4Bullitt County, KY | 71 | 12 | 3.8 | $1.2M | +5.0% | #233 of 1,611 |
| 5Jessamine County, KY | 62 | 8 | 4.0 | $1.1M | +7.8% | #482 of 1,611 |
| 6Warren County, KY | 62 | 27 | 4.9 | $827K | +10.6% | #493 of 1,611 |
| 7Pike County, KY | 59 | 5 | 2.1 | $1.5M | −6.4% | #562 of 1,611 |
| 8Nelson County, KY | 58 | 11 | 5.7 | $690K | +4.8% | #617 of 1,611 |
| 9Hardin County, KY | 57 | 19 | 4.3 | $972K | +2.4% | #629 of 1,611 |
| 10Kenton County, KY | 57 | 36 | 5.3 | $940K | +3.9% | #632 of 1,611 |
| Magoffin County, KY | Not scored | 1 | 2.1 | $1.3M | −4.3% |
Other business types in Magoffin County
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 Magoffin County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 child care center or preschool in Magoffin County. The listings count day care centers and preschools. No official count is published for child care services in Magoffin County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Magoffin County, KY spend on child care and other personal services?
About $1.3M a year, or $277 per household. That is 52% below the U.S. average (an index of 48, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,734 households in Magoffin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Magoffin County, KY compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Magoffin County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending.
How fast is Magoffin County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Magoffin County at 11,110 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,734 households. Median household income in Magoffin County is $33,080, 59% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.5%, 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. Magoffin County 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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