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Child care centers and preschools in Morgan County, KY
How Morgan 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
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.5M
- On child care and other personal services · $302 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 14,415
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $302 per household (48% below the U.S. average), households in Morgan County spend about $1.5M a year on child care and other personal services.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no child care centers and preschools in Morgan County. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Morgan County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Morgan County in 2023. That is one for every 1,221 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Morgan County grew 5.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no child care centers and preschools on map listings, Morgan County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Morgan 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 | Morgan County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $849K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,221 | 1,962 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $302 | $405 | $581 |
| Median household income | $47,913 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $938K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- 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 Morgan 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 Morgan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,415+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,882
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $47,913+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,451
- Median home value
- $118,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,098
- Daytime population
- 12,784Residents 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 |
| Morgan County, KY | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +5.0% |
Other business types in Morgan 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 Morgan County, KY?
There are no child care centers and preschools on map listings in Morgan County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Morgan County, KY spend on child care and other personal services?
About $1.5M a year, or $302 per household. That is 48% below the U.S. average (an index of 52, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,882 households in Morgan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morgan County, KY compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Morgan County has no child care centers and preschools on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Morgan County would have about 2, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,221 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Morgan County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Morgan County at 14,415 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,882 households. Median household income in Morgan County is $47,913, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.6%, 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. Morgan County has no market score for child care centers and preschools, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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